GUNMEN ATTACK POLICE BUILDINGS

Gunmen have attacked law enforcement buildings in Pakistan, with at least 18 people reported killed in Lahore and eight in a suicide bombing elsewhere. The highest-profile target in Lahore was the Federal Investigation Agency offices. There were also co-ordinated attacks on two police academies. Meanwhile, in the north-western town of Kohat, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station, killing eight. There has been an upsurge in violence in Pakistan in recent weeks. Lahore itself was long spared Pakistan's militant violence, but there have been a number of attacks in the city since the start of the year.