USA TODAY / AP: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a brazen siege on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport overnight Monday that left at least 23 dead, in retaliation for drone strikes on villages in Pakistan’ troubled northwest border region…
The attack began late overnight Monday after 10 men armed with machine guns, grenades and rocket launchers stormed the busy airport in in a terminal for cargo and VIP passengers, known as the old airport, military officials said. Some of the attackers were wearing suicide vests, with at least one blowing himself up as law enforcement approached.
The attackers, who were all killed by special army commandos, had been disguised as airport security personnel. Ten members of the security forces were also killed, as was a flight engineer for the country’s state airline, Pakistan International Airlines… (more)
