Taliban Claim Responsibility For Yesterday's Pakistan Airport Attack In Karachi (Updated)

Taliban Gunmen Disguised As Police Guards 'Intended To Hijack Planes' As They Kill At Least 27 During Five-Hour Siege At Pakistan's Largest International Airport -- Daily Mail

* Ten gunmen attacked Jinnah International Airport in Karachi with machine guns and a rocket launcher
* The Pakistani Taliban suggested their mission was to hijack a passenger plane
* The airport, the largest in Pakistan, had to be evacuated during the five-hour siege which start late Sunday evening
* Flames and explosions lit up the night sky above the airport as the armed group launched the high-profile assault
* At least three loud explosions heard during night-time attack as militants wearing suicide vests blew themselves up
* The Airport Security Force (ASF) sealed off the airport and army commandos have been called in to battle
* The gunmen are said to have killed 26 people - including ASF personnel - while at least another 15 were injured
* All ten of the gunmen were killed during the attack, for which the Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility
* WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport on Sunday with machine guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that left 26 people dead as explosions echoed into the night.

The Pakistani Taliban, an alliance of insurgent groups fighting to topple the government and set up a sharia state, later claimed responsibility, saying it was in response to army attacks along the Afghan border.

The attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, began late Sunday and continued on into the dawn hours of Monday, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated.

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