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| Fresh gun battle near Karachi airport | Fresh gun battle near Karachi airport |
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| A fierce gun battle has erupted close to Pakistan's busiest airport in the city of Karachi, a day after militants stormed one of its terminals. | |
| Local media say gunmen have attacked a training camp of the airport security forces. It is not clear if there are any casualties. | Local media say gunmen have attacked a training camp of the airport security forces. It is not clear if there are any casualties. |
| Flights have once again been suspended at the airport, officials say. | Flights have once again been suspended at the airport, officials say. |
| The Taliban gun and bomb attack on the airport's cargo terminal left at least 38 dead, including the attackers. | |
| It appears as if this latest attack is focused upon a hostel housing the airport security forces. | |
| Taliban claim | |
| There are reports that rocket-propelled grenades were fired after several militants pulled up in a vehicle. | |
| Ambulances were seen rushing to the scene and local media reports say the attackers have now fled the scene. | |
| Several flights were turned back - one shortly before it was due to land - as they were en route to Karachi, local media reports say. | |
| The Taliban have said that they carried out the latest attack. | |
| The death toll from the airport raid rose sharply overnight after nine more bodies were discovered, seven of them in a cold storage facility. | |
| This latest violence comes against the backdrop of a major split in the Pakistani Taliban, and threats of retaliation following military operations against Pakistan's tribal north-west. | |
| It has brought the government of the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, under renewed pressure to order tough action against the Taliban, correspondents say. | |
| Early on Tuesday the Pakistani military carried out air strikes in tribal areas in the north-west Khyber region, killing at least 15 militants, officials say. |