Pakistan forces repel attack near Karachi airport
Source: AP-EXCITE
By ADIL JAWAD and REBECCA SANTANA
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in Pakistan attacked a training facility for airport police near the Karachi airport Tuesday, forcing a temporary suspension of flights and triggering a brief shootout with security forces just days after a Taliban assault on the country's busiest airfield.
Law enforcement personnel managed to quickly repulse the attack by as many as three gunmen, an assault claimed by a resurgent Taliban who warned its violence "wasn't over yet."
And as Pakistan launched new airstrikes on militants in its northwestern tribal region, questions arose whether Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would abandon government-sponsored peace talks with them for an aggressive military offensive.
Television stations aired footage of security guards frantically taking up positions behind buildings or earthen berms at the training facility, roughly 1 kilometer (a half mile) from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, where the Taliban attacked Sunday night. The Pakistani military also sent soldiers to assist.
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A woman mourns the death of her family member, at a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Pakistani airport authorities found seven bodies in a burned building at the Karachi international airport on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the attack there to at least 35, including the 10 Taliban attackers, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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