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| Lahore 'was Pakistan Taleban op' | Lahore 'was Pakistan Taleban op' |
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| The chief of the Pakistani Taleban, Baitullah Mehsud, has told the BBC his group was behind Monday's deadly attack on a police academy in Lahore. | The chief of the Pakistani Taleban, Baitullah Mehsud, has told the BBC his group was behind Monday's deadly attack on a police academy in Lahore. |
| He said the attack was "in retaliation for the continued drone strikes on by the US in collaboration with Pakistan on our people", Mr Mehsud said. | He said the attack was "in retaliation for the continued drone strikes on by the US in collaboration with Pakistan on our people", Mr Mehsud said. |
| He also claimed responsibility for two other recent deadly attacks. | He also claimed responsibility for two other recent deadly attacks. |
| Mr Mehsud said such attacks would continue "until the Pakistan government stops supporting the Americans". | Mr Mehsud said such attacks would continue "until the Pakistan government stops supporting the Americans". |
| Security officials are interrogating at least four suspects captured after the attack, police say. | |
| Eighteen people, including two civilians, eight policemen and eight militants, were killed and 95 people were injured during the eight-hour battle to wrest back control of the academy, the interior ministry says. | |
| Pakistan's interior minister earlier identified the Taleban as well as other extremist groups as possible perpetrators, and suggested a foreign state could also be involved. |