Islamabad, Sha'ban 11, 1435, Jun 9, 2014, SPA -- At least 28 people including 10 gunmen were killed during an overnight gun battle between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants who stormed an international airport in Karachi, news agencies quoted officials as saying. All flights from the southern city's Jinnah International Airport were suspended when a terminal was attacked shortly after midnight (1900 GMT) on Sunday, the chief of the Rangers paramilitary force said. "We have cleared the airport ... all terrorists are dead," Major General Rizwan Akhtar told reporters as his troops retook the control of the airport after a fierce gun battle lasting about five hours. --SPA 10:51 LOCAL TIME 07:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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