Pakistani Taliban claims it was responsible for police attack

THE commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would “amaze” the world.

Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million (e3.7m) bounty on his head from the US, said Monday’s attack outside the eastern city of Lahore was in retaliation for US missile strikes against militants along the Afghan border.

“Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world,” Mehsud said, adding that the White House was a target.