Bomb in Lahore kills 30

Gunmen attacked a police headquarters yesterday, setting off a car-bomb that killed at least 30 people in what the government said was revenge for an offensive against the Taliban.

Deadly: Police officers look at the crater caused by a suicide car bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday. pic/AP

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, which wounded nearly 300 people and caused extensive damage. It came after warnings of retaliation in response to the army's attack on militants in the Swat region in the northwest.

"I believe that anti-Pakistan elements, who want to destabilise our country and see defeat in Swat, have now turned to our cities," said Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Two officers and six lower-level officials from the Inter-Services Intelligence agency were among those killed.