( CNN ) -- The Taliban said Monday it was behind a suicide bombing in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore that killed 13 people and wounded 113 others . Azam Tariq , spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban , said the attack was in response to U.S. aggression against Muslims around the world . `` I am proud to accept the responsibility of the Lahore suicide blast , '' Tariq wrote in a text message to CNN . `` We will follow U.S. and its allies all over the world , even if they are in Karachi , Peshawar , Lahore , Afghanistan or in U.S. '' Seven of the dead were security personnel , and two were a mother and daughter on their way to school , Lahore government official Khalid Ranjha said . He said 81 people were at nearby hospitals . Government officials earlier reported 11 people were dead and more than 60 were injured , with many in critical condition . Officials warned the death toll could rise . The bombing was in an affluent part of Model Town in Lahore , Pakistan 's second-largest city . The suicide bomber targeted the Special Investigation Agency , a provincial law-enforcement agency that investigates high-value detainees . It is where suspected militants have been interrogated , said Khusro Pervez , a senior government official in Lahore . In a separate development , three suspected militants were killed Monday night when a suspected U.S. drone fired five missiles at a compound in Pakistan 's tribal region , two Pakistani intelligence officials said . The compound was in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan , one of seven districts in Pakistan 's tribal region bordering Afghanistan , officials said . The officials asked not to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the media . CNN 's Reza Sayah and journalists Nasir Dawar and Nasir Habib contributed to this report .
Pakistani Taliban said attack was response to U.S. aggression against Muslims . Blast kills 13 people and wounds 113 others in eastern Pakistan . In other news , suspected U.S. drone kills three suspected militants in tribal region .