I had been wondering why since 911 why terrorists don't directly attack airports. Over powering the ground security forces isn't difficult. Finally they did, not only in Karachi but also various major train stations in PRC.
When they attacked the Mumbai Taj Mahal Hotel, I already knew this is on the way. Finally today we see Karachi. I don't expect Changi can escape. In my view it is the most easy and softest target to hit.
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Pakistan terror attack: Security forces engage in gunbattle with terrorists inside Karachi airport
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Karachi: Even as Pakistan Army claimed to have killed 10 terrorists and cleared Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, there have been reports of fresh firing heard from inside the airport. Geo News has reported that some terrorists could still be hiding inside the Karachi airport.
Omar Quraishi of the Express Tribune said that security forces are still engaged in a gun battle with at least three terrorists inside the airport complex. He added that one more terrorist has been killed taking the number of attackers neutralised to 11.
The Pakistan Rangers headed by an Army General is heading the operation but officially there has been no confirmation on the number of terrorists still holed inside the airport.
Pakistan terror attack: Security forces engage in gunbattle with terrorists inside Karachi airport
According to the Pakistani Army at least 23 people including 10 terrorists have been killed till now.
According to the Pakistani Army at least 23 people including 10 terrorists had been killed during the shootout in the night. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has already claimed responsibility for the attack on Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Sunday night.
Earlier, a Pakistan Army spokesman said the entire airport had been cleared and all the terrorists killed. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa a total of 23 people were killed in the attack, including security personnel.
Asim Bajwa said that the terrorists "were confined to two areas and eliminated" by the security forces. The attack started at around 11:30 IST and the gun battle continued through the intervening night of June 8 and 9.
The heavily armed terrorists dressed in airport security personnel uniforms entered the Fokker building at the old airport terminal late Sunday night, police sources said.
Heavy contingents of Pakistan army and police had to be called in to neutralise the attackers. They surrounded the Fokker building where the attackers were holed up and a fierce gun battle followed.
Plumes of smoke and fire could be seen inside the old airport and a few loud explosions were also heard near the workshop and hanger area.
The ISPR spokesman confirmed that army units had been called from the nearby Malir cantonment base. At least one terrorist blew himself up.
Officials had to cancel the flight operations from the airport following the attack. A spokesman for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said that passengers and visitors at the Jinnah International Airport which is close to the old terminal building had been shifted to safe and secure locations soon after the attack started.
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Karachi airport attack: Fresh firing heard, one Pakistan Rangers soldier injured
Monday, 9 June 2014 - 9:45am IST | Place: Karachi | Agency: DNA Webdesk
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Fresh reports have emerged saying at least 2-3 terrorists might still be lurking within the airport as firing was heard again.
Fresh firing has been reported at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport which was attacked by heavily armed terrorists late on Sunday night.
Earlier reports said 10 terrorists were among 23 killed overnight as the Pakistan army wrested control from the militants early on Monday morning. Despite these reports and an earlier claim made by a spokesman of the Inter Services Pubic Relations (ISPR) that all the terrorists had been killed, fresh reports have emerged saying that at least two or three terrorists might still be lurking within the airport as firing sounds were heard again from the workshop area.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Gun battles went on for several hours during the night of June 8-9, and television pictures showed fire raging at the airport as ambulances ferried casualties away, but by dawn on Monday, the army said the airport had been secured. The terrorists were cornered and killed after they attacked the old airport terminal building late on Sunday night, posing as Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel.
Sophisticated machine guns and rocket launchers were recovered from the terrorists who were being identified, a spokesman of the Inter Services Pubic Relations (ISPR) said.
Earlier, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tweeted information from the national leader, confirming the death if 3 terrorists involved.
3 terrorists killed and 7 surrounded by security forces : PM
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 8, 2014
#Kci Update:All passengers in planes evacuated to safer places. Hunt for terrorists on.3 terrorist bodies lying,ident in progress.at 0212
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) June 8, 2014
ISPR informed that all passengers in the airport have been successfully evacuated. Says that the operation is in its “final stages” and Jinnah Terminal has been completely secured. The terrorists are still active, but contained to a specific area
Around five to eight men armed with explosives and ammunition dressed in airport security personnel uniforms entered the Fokker building at the old airport terminal late last night, police sources said. "Four personnel of the Airport Security Force (ASF) have been killed and one militant gunned down," one police source told PTI.
Heavy contingents of paramilitary rangers and police have been called in and had surrounded the Fokker building where the attackers were holed up. All flight operations at Jinnah Terminal have been suspended and all routes to the airport have been sealed. "Heavy firing is going on near a building located just next to the Pakistan International Airlines head office," one eye witness said. Television channels gave conflicting reports about the daring attack with some quoting seven casualties including the five ASF personnel and two of the suspected terrorists.
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Dr Seemi Jamali at the Jinnah hospital said that they had received five dead bodies of the ASF personnel. "We have got five bodies of the airport security force personnel," she told reporters at the state owned hospital. However,Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson Abid Qaimkhani declined to confirm or deny the casualties or details of the attack. "Nor can I confirm the extent of the damage to the airport facilities or how many people have been injured or killed in the attack," he said. The old airport area houses the PIA engineering and other departments and also offices of civil aviation and ASF.
A source said the militants had also carried out hand grenade attack on the Isphani Hanger. The attackers are said to have forged fake ID cards of ASF and entered the area.
Staff is being rescued by the security personnel and moved to safer areas, reports said, adding that rescue teams are being allowed after being checked throughly. The militants are said to have entered from the Fokker gate which is used by engineering staff to go to the runaway and hangers.
Scores of people have been injured in the attack. Pakistan Army contingents were called in from the nearby Malir cantonment to tackle the situation as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed authorities to end the attack as soon as possible. Flights at the Jinnah international airports had been diverted to Nawabshah and Quetta. "Security high alert has also been sounded off at the other airports of the country," one police official said.
A senior police official said the number of the attackers was not confirmed as yet but some of them had managed to enter the runaway from the old terminal building and had fired and thrown explosives at the aircrafts parked there. "It appears they want to damage the aircrafts on the runaway," he said.
A reliable source in the CAA told PTI that contrary to television reports about the attackers damaging the aircraft parked on the runaway of the main airport, the attackers had been confined to the Isphani hanger next to the old terminal building. "Their number is not known but they are heavily armed and they are holed up there and have been surrounded by over 100 military and ASF men and heavy exchange of firing is taking place now," he said.
A few channels reported that some of the attackers had damaged three aircraft and also entered and taken over another commercial aircraft but it is not known whether they are passengers on board or not.
The old airport terminal is surrounded from one side by the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area and sources said some of the attackers had also entered the runaway directly from the Pehalwan Goth residential area by cutting the fences while others came in from the Fokker gate. The attack is reminiscent of the deadly attack carried out by some 15 militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban in May, 2011 on the Mehran naval airbase here in which the attackers killed some 18 personnel and damaged aircraft before being killed in a counter attack.
CAA Pakistan reports that one of the terrorist has been caught.
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Karachi airport attack Live: 1 Pak ranger injured in fresh firing
by Ayeshea Perera Jun 9, 2014 09:20 IST
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9.30 am: Pakistan military relaunches security operations
The Pakistan military has relaunched security operations inside the Karachi airport, as fresh firing was heard inside a workshop area of the Karachi international airport. One Pakistan Ranger is reportedly injured.
Three militants are believed to be still inside.
Meanwhile Geo News quoted Pakistani rangers as saying that a sweep was still on, adding that forces had also recovered injections and AK 47's from the site. "The injections may have been to quell pain in case of injury", one official told the agency.
9.17 am: One security man injured in fresh firing at Karachi airport
The latest reports coming in indicate that one person has been injured in fresh firing at the Karachi international airport. Express News Pakistan has reportedly said that there are three terrorists still inside the airport.
Firing again started at Karachi airport, injuring one security man. The army spokesman had earlier stated airport had been cleared
— Tahir Khan (@taahir_khan) June 9, 2014
Firing again started at Karachi airport, injuring one security man. The army spokesman had earlier stated airport had been cleared
— Tahir Khan (@taahir_khan) June 9, 2014
Pakistan Army soldiers in an armoured vehicle on the tarmac of Karachi airport pic.twitter.com/9gJOrxpw9o
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 9, 2014
Meanwhile Pakistan security forces have cordoned off the area around the Jinnah International airport.
Morning picture of Karachi airport pic.twitter.com/Ab8whTnJpc
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 9, 2014
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF #KarachiAirport , THICK SMOKE ABOVE TERMINAL #Karachi #KarachiAttack @AsimBajwaISPR pic.twitter.com/XgXn6VSLmr
— Sadnessliesinme..!! (@TangleReality) June 9, 2014
The latest trouble came with tensions already high over the arrest in Britain of the exiled leader of Pakistan's MQM party, which dominates politics in Karachi -- Pakistan's economic centre and main port.
9.10 am: Fresh firing heard at terminal 1
There are now reports coming in of fresh firing at the Karachi airport. Pakistan media channels are saying that the firing has been heard at a workshop area inside the airport.
It was not immediately clear what the cause was. Earlier the Pakistan army said that all the terrorists involved in the attack on the airport had been killed.
Further information is awaited.
8.57 am: All attackers were of Uzbek nationality, say DG rangers
DG Rangers Sindh Major General Rizvan Akhtar has confirmed the identity of all terrorists- All Uzbeks, at a press conference by the DG Rangers.
The press conference also revealed that there were 3 suicide bombers among the 10 attackers, while the other 7 were killed by security forces.
8.54 am: Security stepped up in Islamabad, Lahore
The Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore have also been placed on ‘red alert’ following the deadly Taliban attack on the Karachi airport.
Additional security personnel were deployed around areas of the airports and additional police personnel were deployed.
“All security agencies may be involved to ensure the protection of an installation at this alert level,” an airport official told Dawn.
8.26 am: Hafiz Saeed blames Modi
JUD chief Hafiz Saeed, who is widely believed to be the mastermind of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, has said that Narendra Modi's 'new security team' is responsible for the attack on the Karachi airport, despite the Taliban claiming responsibility.
In a series of tweets, Saeed claimed that the nation knew who the 'real enemy' was and called on the Pakistani government to 'show some spine' and end relations with India.
#KarachiAirport is an attack on Pakistan. Modi's new security team is behind this act of war by India. Nation knows the real enemy.
— Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (@HafizSaeedJUD) June 9, 2014
We condemn horrendous act of terrorism at #KarachiAirport in severe words. Government must end exchange of gifts with India; show spine.
— Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (@HafizSaeedJUD) June 9, 2014
The spectacle at #KarachiAirport is Modi's plan against Pakistan. Direct response of needless appeasement of new 'Hindutva' Government.
— Jamat 'ud' Da'wah (@JuD_Official) June 8, 2014
8.02 am: Tehreek-e-Taliban claim responsibility for Karachi airport attack
The Tehreek-e-Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack on the Karachi airport.
The militants claimed responsibility a few hours after the Pakistan army said that a six hour siege of the airport had ended.
Although it was not clear what reasons the Tehreek-e-Taliban had given for the attacks, they come even as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks.
7.38 am: Pak army says Karachi airport attackers carried 'Indian made' weapons
With the attack on the Karachi international airport finally ending, attention is now turning to who is responsible for the audacious 26/11 style attack. No one has claimed responsibility so far.
While some reports have implicated the Taliban, a news report by India Today quoted the Pakistan Rangers as saying that the weapons recovered from the militants are of Indian make.
There has however been no official claim made in this regard as yet.
Gunfire and explosions lit up the Karachi night sky: AP
Gunfire and explosions lit up the Karachi night sky: AP
6.30 am: Pakistan army declares military operation over
Pakistan's army spokesman declared an end to a military operation following a six-hour long siege of Pakistan's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi Monday. "Update: Area cleared. No damage to aircraft, fire visible in pics was not plane but a building, now extinguished. All vital assets intact," tweeted Major General Asim Bajwa at 4:35 am (1135 GMT Sunday).
Bajwa added that a total of 10 militants were killed in clashes with security forces, and that ammunition, rockets and RPGs were recovered from the attackers, who wore "big packs". "Precautionary sweep after day light. Airport will be cleared by mid day for operations, handed back to CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)/ASF (Airport Security Force). Pakistan Zindabad (long live Pakistan)!" he later tweeted.
5.30 am: Militants disguised as airport security launch 26/11 style attack on Karachi airport
Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport Sunday night with machine guns and a rocket launcher, killing at least 13 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said. A separate suicide bombing in the country's southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, nor the suicide bombing in Baluchistan province. However, the attacks come as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks.
Heavy gunfire and multiple explosions could be heard coming from the terminal, used for VIP flights and cargo. A major fire rose from the airport, illuminating the night sky in an orange glow as the silhouettes of jets could be seen. The deadly operation was carried out by 10 militants, said the Chief Minister of Sindh province, Qaim Ali Shah.
When they attacked the Mumbai Taj Mahal Hotel, I already knew this is on the way. Finally today we see Karachi. I don't expect Changi can escape. In my view it is the most easy and softest target to hit.
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Pakistan terror attack: Security forces engage in gunbattle with terrorists inside Karachi airport
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Karachi: Even as Pakistan Army claimed to have killed 10 terrorists and cleared Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, there have been reports of fresh firing heard from inside the airport. Geo News has reported that some terrorists could still be hiding inside the Karachi airport.
Omar Quraishi of the Express Tribune said that security forces are still engaged in a gun battle with at least three terrorists inside the airport complex. He added that one more terrorist has been killed taking the number of attackers neutralised to 11.
The Pakistan Rangers headed by an Army General is heading the operation but officially there has been no confirmation on the number of terrorists still holed inside the airport.
Pakistan terror attack: Security forces engage in gunbattle with terrorists inside Karachi airport
According to the Pakistani Army at least 23 people including 10 terrorists have been killed till now.
According to the Pakistani Army at least 23 people including 10 terrorists had been killed during the shootout in the night. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has already claimed responsibility for the attack on Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Sunday night.
Earlier, a Pakistan Army spokesman said the entire airport had been cleared and all the terrorists killed. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa a total of 23 people were killed in the attack, including security personnel.
Asim Bajwa said that the terrorists "were confined to two areas and eliminated" by the security forces. The attack started at around 11:30 IST and the gun battle continued through the intervening night of June 8 and 9.
The heavily armed terrorists dressed in airport security personnel uniforms entered the Fokker building at the old airport terminal late Sunday night, police sources said.
Heavy contingents of Pakistan army and police had to be called in to neutralise the attackers. They surrounded the Fokker building where the attackers were holed up and a fierce gun battle followed.
Plumes of smoke and fire could be seen inside the old airport and a few loud explosions were also heard near the workshop and hanger area.
The ISPR spokesman confirmed that army units had been called from the nearby Malir cantonment base. At least one terrorist blew himself up.
Officials had to cancel the flight operations from the airport following the attack. A spokesman for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said that passengers and visitors at the Jinnah International Airport which is close to the old terminal building had been shifted to safe and secure locations soon after the attack started.
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Karachi airport attack: Fresh firing heard, one Pakistan Rangers soldier injured
Monday, 9 June 2014 - 9:45am IST | Place: Karachi | Agency: DNA Webdesk
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Fresh reports have emerged saying at least 2-3 terrorists might still be lurking within the airport as firing was heard again.
Fresh firing has been reported at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport which was attacked by heavily armed terrorists late on Sunday night.
Earlier reports said 10 terrorists were among 23 killed overnight as the Pakistan army wrested control from the militants early on Monday morning. Despite these reports and an earlier claim made by a spokesman of the Inter Services Pubic Relations (ISPR) that all the terrorists had been killed, fresh reports have emerged saying that at least two or three terrorists might still be lurking within the airport as firing sounds were heard again from the workshop area.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Gun battles went on for several hours during the night of June 8-9, and television pictures showed fire raging at the airport as ambulances ferried casualties away, but by dawn on Monday, the army said the airport had been secured. The terrorists were cornered and killed after they attacked the old airport terminal building late on Sunday night, posing as Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel.
Sophisticated machine guns and rocket launchers were recovered from the terrorists who were being identified, a spokesman of the Inter Services Pubic Relations (ISPR) said.
Earlier, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tweeted information from the national leader, confirming the death if 3 terrorists involved.
3 terrorists killed and 7 surrounded by security forces : PM
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 8, 2014
#Kci Update:All passengers in planes evacuated to safer places. Hunt for terrorists on.3 terrorist bodies lying,ident in progress.at 0212
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) June 8, 2014
ISPR informed that all passengers in the airport have been successfully evacuated. Says that the operation is in its “final stages” and Jinnah Terminal has been completely secured. The terrorists are still active, but contained to a specific area
Around five to eight men armed with explosives and ammunition dressed in airport security personnel uniforms entered the Fokker building at the old airport terminal late last night, police sources said. "Four personnel of the Airport Security Force (ASF) have been killed and one militant gunned down," one police source told PTI.
Heavy contingents of paramilitary rangers and police have been called in and had surrounded the Fokker building where the attackers were holed up. All flight operations at Jinnah Terminal have been suspended and all routes to the airport have been sealed. "Heavy firing is going on near a building located just next to the Pakistan International Airlines head office," one eye witness said. Television channels gave conflicting reports about the daring attack with some quoting seven casualties including the five ASF personnel and two of the suspected terrorists.
Geo News Live by GeoNews
Express News - LIVE
Dr Seemi Jamali at the Jinnah hospital said that they had received five dead bodies of the ASF personnel. "We have got five bodies of the airport security force personnel," she told reporters at the state owned hospital. However,Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson Abid Qaimkhani declined to confirm or deny the casualties or details of the attack. "Nor can I confirm the extent of the damage to the airport facilities or how many people have been injured or killed in the attack," he said. The old airport area houses the PIA engineering and other departments and also offices of civil aviation and ASF.
A source said the militants had also carried out hand grenade attack on the Isphani Hanger. The attackers are said to have forged fake ID cards of ASF and entered the area.
Staff is being rescued by the security personnel and moved to safer areas, reports said, adding that rescue teams are being allowed after being checked throughly. The militants are said to have entered from the Fokker gate which is used by engineering staff to go to the runaway and hangers.
Scores of people have been injured in the attack. Pakistan Army contingents were called in from the nearby Malir cantonment to tackle the situation as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed authorities to end the attack as soon as possible. Flights at the Jinnah international airports had been diverted to Nawabshah and Quetta. "Security high alert has also been sounded off at the other airports of the country," one police official said.
A senior police official said the number of the attackers was not confirmed as yet but some of them had managed to enter the runaway from the old terminal building and had fired and thrown explosives at the aircrafts parked there. "It appears they want to damage the aircrafts on the runaway," he said.
A reliable source in the CAA told PTI that contrary to television reports about the attackers damaging the aircraft parked on the runaway of the main airport, the attackers had been confined to the Isphani hanger next to the old terminal building. "Their number is not known but they are heavily armed and they are holed up there and have been surrounded by over 100 military and ASF men and heavy exchange of firing is taking place now," he said.
A few channels reported that some of the attackers had damaged three aircraft and also entered and taken over another commercial aircraft but it is not known whether they are passengers on board or not.
The old airport terminal is surrounded from one side by the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area and sources said some of the attackers had also entered the runaway directly from the Pehalwan Goth residential area by cutting the fences while others came in from the Fokker gate. The attack is reminiscent of the deadly attack carried out by some 15 militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban in May, 2011 on the Mehran naval airbase here in which the attackers killed some 18 personnel and damaged aircraft before being killed in a counter attack.
CAA Pakistan reports that one of the terrorist has been caught.
http://www.firstpost.com/world/kara...-again-3-terrorists-still-inside-1561631.html
Karachi airport attack Live: 1 Pak ranger injured in fresh firing
by Ayeshea Perera Jun 9, 2014 09:20 IST
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9.30 am: Pakistan military relaunches security operations
The Pakistan military has relaunched security operations inside the Karachi airport, as fresh firing was heard inside a workshop area of the Karachi international airport. One Pakistan Ranger is reportedly injured.
Three militants are believed to be still inside.
Meanwhile Geo News quoted Pakistani rangers as saying that a sweep was still on, adding that forces had also recovered injections and AK 47's from the site. "The injections may have been to quell pain in case of injury", one official told the agency.
9.17 am: One security man injured in fresh firing at Karachi airport
The latest reports coming in indicate that one person has been injured in fresh firing at the Karachi international airport. Express News Pakistan has reportedly said that there are three terrorists still inside the airport.
Firing again started at Karachi airport, injuring one security man. The army spokesman had earlier stated airport had been cleared
— Tahir Khan (@taahir_khan) June 9, 2014
Firing again started at Karachi airport, injuring one security man. The army spokesman had earlier stated airport had been cleared
— Tahir Khan (@taahir_khan) June 9, 2014
Pakistan Army soldiers in an armoured vehicle on the tarmac of Karachi airport pic.twitter.com/9gJOrxpw9o
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 9, 2014
Meanwhile Pakistan security forces have cordoned off the area around the Jinnah International airport.
Morning picture of Karachi airport pic.twitter.com/Ab8whTnJpc
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) June 9, 2014
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF #KarachiAirport , THICK SMOKE ABOVE TERMINAL #Karachi #KarachiAttack @AsimBajwaISPR pic.twitter.com/XgXn6VSLmr
— Sadnessliesinme..!! (@TangleReality) June 9, 2014
The latest trouble came with tensions already high over the arrest in Britain of the exiled leader of Pakistan's MQM party, which dominates politics in Karachi -- Pakistan's economic centre and main port.
9.10 am: Fresh firing heard at terminal 1
There are now reports coming in of fresh firing at the Karachi airport. Pakistan media channels are saying that the firing has been heard at a workshop area inside the airport.
It was not immediately clear what the cause was. Earlier the Pakistan army said that all the terrorists involved in the attack on the airport had been killed.
Further information is awaited.
8.57 am: All attackers were of Uzbek nationality, say DG rangers
DG Rangers Sindh Major General Rizvan Akhtar has confirmed the identity of all terrorists- All Uzbeks, at a press conference by the DG Rangers.
The press conference also revealed that there were 3 suicide bombers among the 10 attackers, while the other 7 were killed by security forces.
8.54 am: Security stepped up in Islamabad, Lahore
The Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore have also been placed on ‘red alert’ following the deadly Taliban attack on the Karachi airport.
Additional security personnel were deployed around areas of the airports and additional police personnel were deployed.
“All security agencies may be involved to ensure the protection of an installation at this alert level,” an airport official told Dawn.
8.26 am: Hafiz Saeed blames Modi
JUD chief Hafiz Saeed, who is widely believed to be the mastermind of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, has said that Narendra Modi's 'new security team' is responsible for the attack on the Karachi airport, despite the Taliban claiming responsibility.
In a series of tweets, Saeed claimed that the nation knew who the 'real enemy' was and called on the Pakistani government to 'show some spine' and end relations with India.
#KarachiAirport is an attack on Pakistan. Modi's new security team is behind this act of war by India. Nation knows the real enemy.
— Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (@HafizSaeedJUD) June 9, 2014
We condemn horrendous act of terrorism at #KarachiAirport in severe words. Government must end exchange of gifts with India; show spine.
— Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (@HafizSaeedJUD) June 9, 2014
The spectacle at #KarachiAirport is Modi's plan against Pakistan. Direct response of needless appeasement of new 'Hindutva' Government.
— Jamat 'ud' Da'wah (@JuD_Official) June 8, 2014
8.02 am: Tehreek-e-Taliban claim responsibility for Karachi airport attack
The Tehreek-e-Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack on the Karachi airport.
The militants claimed responsibility a few hours after the Pakistan army said that a six hour siege of the airport had ended.
Although it was not clear what reasons the Tehreek-e-Taliban had given for the attacks, they come even as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks.
7.38 am: Pak army says Karachi airport attackers carried 'Indian made' weapons
With the attack on the Karachi international airport finally ending, attention is now turning to who is responsible for the audacious 26/11 style attack. No one has claimed responsibility so far.
While some reports have implicated the Taliban, a news report by India Today quoted the Pakistan Rangers as saying that the weapons recovered from the militants are of Indian make.
There has however been no official claim made in this regard as yet.
Gunfire and explosions lit up the Karachi night sky: AP
Gunfire and explosions lit up the Karachi night sky: AP
6.30 am: Pakistan army declares military operation over
Pakistan's army spokesman declared an end to a military operation following a six-hour long siege of Pakistan's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi Monday. "Update: Area cleared. No damage to aircraft, fire visible in pics was not plane but a building, now extinguished. All vital assets intact," tweeted Major General Asim Bajwa at 4:35 am (1135 GMT Sunday).
Bajwa added that a total of 10 militants were killed in clashes with security forces, and that ammunition, rockets and RPGs were recovered from the attackers, who wore "big packs". "Precautionary sweep after day light. Airport will be cleared by mid day for operations, handed back to CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)/ASF (Airport Security Force). Pakistan Zindabad (long live Pakistan)!" he later tweeted.
5.30 am: Militants disguised as airport security launch 26/11 style attack on Karachi airport
Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport Sunday night with machine guns and a rocket launcher, killing at least 13 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said. A separate suicide bombing in the country's southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, nor the suicide bombing in Baluchistan province. However, the attacks come as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks.
Heavy gunfire and multiple explosions could be heard coming from the terminal, used for VIP flights and cargo. A major fire rose from the airport, illuminating the night sky in an orange glow as the silhouettes of jets could be seen. The deadly operation was carried out by 10 militants, said the Chief Minister of Sindh province, Qaim Ali Shah.
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