A suicide bombing on Tuesday killed five people outside a police complex in eastern Pakistan. The Associated Press reports that the attack was "rare," since Lahore, the city where the attack occurred, is "relatively peaceful."
Officials told AP that the bomber didn't get inside the police complex, though several people nearby were wounded in the blast, and local buildings caught on fire.
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A Pakistani Taliban splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the attack, telling AP the bombing was "in response to the recent executions of some of their members by the Pakistani government."
AP notes that Lahore, the provincial capital of the Punjab province, is considered Pakistan's "cultural capital." It is also the power base of Pakistan's prime minister.
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