Peshawar: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for attack on Peshawar airport on Saturday, Geo news reported.
TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told ‘Geo News’ anchor Saleem Safi by telephone from an undisclosed location that they sent 10 attackers to target air force base in the airport.
Earlier on Saturday eve at least five rockets were fired at the airport, two of which were landed in near residential area. After that chaos was widely spread in the area.
Airport security force and army soldiers shot down five attackers who were trying to enter in the airport with a van loaded with explosives right after first suicide blast with the boundary wall.
Security forces recovered 11 hand-grenades and several Kalashnikovs from terrorists.
At least five people died and dozens were injured during the attack. Dead bodies and injured were shifted to local hospital by rescue teams.
Later Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt telephoned Prime Minister (PM) Raja Pervez Ashraf and briefed him about the attack.
PM House spokesman said that PM was monitoring the situation and was in contact with high-level officials.
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