Heavily armed gunmen have attacked Karachi's international airport, killing at least five security guards and hurling grenades, reports say.
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Dawn reported that some attackers had managed to get inside one plane and that three planes had been damaged.

Geo News said two attackers were also reported dead and that smoke is billowing from the terminal.

The terminal is not normally used for commercial flights but for cargo and special VIP operations.

Officials are now saying that the death toll from the fighting at the airport is least nine. Dr. Seemi Jamali from Jinnah Hospital in Karachi has told the Associated Press that nine bodies had been brought to the hospital.

She said seven were from the Airport Security Force personnel, one was an employee of the Civil Aviation Authority and another was from the state-run Pakistan International Airlines.
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Around eight to 10 attackers were said to have engaged in a gun battle with security forces, according to Pakistan's Dawn News.

It adds that least seven of the attackers have been killed. That's in addition to the nine people whose bodies were brought to Jinnah Hospital in Karachi following the start of the fighting.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/08/karachi-airport-under-attack-by-militants-live-updates

The Pakistani Taliban have said they were behind an attack at the country's largest airport that killed at least 28 people, including 10 militants.
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Following reports of fresh violence early on Monday, airport officials said the siege was now over and flights were set to resume in the afternoon.
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A spokesman for the group, Shahidullah Shahid, said Monday's assault was "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".

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.

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