Pakistani forces have stated that attack by militants on Jinnah International Airport at Karachi have ceased after 12 hours. As many as 24 people have been killed including 10 attackers. The gunmen were wearing military uniforms and shot their way into the airport. Equipped with suicide vests, grenades and rocket launchers, they had battled security forces in one of the most brazen attacks in years in Pakistan’s biggest city. Among the 14 victims were four airport workers.Airport authorities have cleared the area.
The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. Attack on airport was a revenge for the death of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in November.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,TTP spokesman “It’s just the beginning, we have taken revenge for one, we have to take revenge for hundreds,” he said.
