Islamabad police complex attacked

Police said the attacker managed to drive into the Police Lines compound before blowing himself up inside a building of the anti-terrorist squad.

The Taleban carried out the attack, a spokesman for the group told the BBC.

The attack comes just over two weeks after more than 50 people died in a suicide bombing at the Marriott hotel.

It also happened as parliament met in a special joint session for a second day for a classified security briefing on Pakistan's internal security situation.

The joint session of parliament was called to try to help form a national consensus on how to tackle Islamic militancy and the recent surge in suicide bombings.

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The inspector-general of Islamabad Police, Asghar Raza Gardezi, told the BBC the suspected bomber had driven a green vehicle into the Police Lines complex shortly before midday and parked outside a three-storey building that houses the police's anti-terrorist wing.

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