Ten killed as terrorists attack Pakistani military base

Karachi: Suspected militants have stormed an airbase in Karachi late on Sunday night, rocking one of the nation's heavily guarded military installations with fiery explosions and leaving at least 10 people, including six of them, dead just three weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden. They also blew up a PC3 Orion aircraft in one of the most brazen attacks in years. Pakistani security personnel are still battling with the militants holed up at the Pakistan Air Force's Faisal airbase which also houses PNS Mehran, the naval air station, the country's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

Text:PTI

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Image: Pakistani rangers and civilians gather at the main gate of a naval aviation base following an attack by militants, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 22, 2011.