Gunfire has reportedly resumed at Pakistan’s biggest airport after an attack by gunmen that left 23 people dead on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Many of the dead worked at Karachi’s international airport. Several people were wounded, including a policeman.<\/p>\n
French violence broke out hours after the army said it had retaken control and all 10 attackers had been killed.<\/p>\n
Pakistan’s Taliban say they carried out the assault. Karachi has been a target for many insurgent attacks.<\/p>\n
Shahidullah Shahid, a Taliban spokesman, was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday: “We carried out this attack on the Karachi airport and it is a message to the Pakistan government that we are still alive to react over the killings of innocent people in bomb attacks on their villages.”<\/p>\n
The dead terminal staff were said to be mostly security guards from the Airport Security Force (ASF) but also airline workers. At least 14 people were wounded.<\/p>\n
All flights are being diverted to other airports.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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