This Article is From Jun 09, 2014

Ethnic Uzbeks in Group That Attacked Pakistan Airport - Paramilitary

Ethnic Uzbeks in Group That Attacked Pakistan Airport - Paramilitary

Paramilitary soldiers arrive at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi June 9, 2014.

Islamabad: Pakistan's paramilitary force said on Monday that a group of foreign fighters including ethnic Uzbeks was involved in an attack on one of the country's biggest airports overnight.

"Three militants blew themselves up and seven were killed by security forces," Rizwan Akhtar, the regional head of the paramilitary Rangers, said in televised remarks. "The militants appear to be Uzbek."
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