The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for an hours-long attack at the country’s largest and busiest airport that killed at least 28 people.
Speaking from an undisclosed location, Pakistani Taliban commander Abdullah Bahar said the attack overnight at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport was retaliation for the death of former chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
Bahar warned more attacks will follow.
Late Sunday night, militants armed with guns, grenades and suicide vests stormed the cargo area of the airport.
The attack lasted five hours.
When it was over, 28 people were dead — including eight members of airport security forces, two Pakistan International Airlines employees and one ranger.
Another 24 people were injured, the military said.
All 10 militants involved in the attack were killed, military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said. Two of them detonated suicide vests, he said.
A building caught fire in the attack, but no planes were damaged, Bajwa said.
