Karachi: Pakistan Army and security forces killed all the terrorists and cleared Karachi's Jinnah International Airport on Monday morning after several hours of fierce gunbattle. The final operation to neutralise a few holed up terrorists was launched by the Pakistan Rangers headed by an Army General.
According to Geo News at least 28 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.
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 the terrorists "were confined to two areas and eliminated" by the security forces. The attack started at around 11:30 IST and the gunbattle 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. They were equipped with suicide vests, grenades and rocket launchers.
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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