aftermath of that attack on sunday, which came as a surprise to everyone that they managed to get inside the airport, albeit it the old terminal building, and we did see a heightened police presence. in fact, when we were filming, we were stopped en route by plain-clot plain-clothed men. they wouldn t let us go any further, blocked our way with the van. when we were on the runway, the armed force men asked us not to film and leave the area. so, there is a heightened presence of security, certainly, but we are not sure why or how these attackers or this attack is taking place and how they managed to get anywhere near the airport academy, ass academy. john? saima mohsin in karachi. saima, you and your team, please stay safe. check in again when you learn more. we appreciate it. 34 minutes after the hour right now. we have new details this morning about the couple behind a deadly shooting rampage in las vegas that took the lives of two police officers and a walmart shopper who tried t
witnessed this morning s attack. she joins us by phone from karachi. saima, explain to us what happened. reporter: john, there s a lot of chaos and confusion here. myself and my team, my producer and cameraman were filming the damage that was made by the attack on sunday night into monday at karachi airport. we were on the runway looking at the cargo holds when we were rushed we were rushed towards by the airport manager who said you need to get to safety, this is a dangerous situation, there is another attack under way. we were led to our cars. when we got into our cars, they told us that the attack was being carried out at the airport security force academy, which is right next to the airport itself that was targeted sunday night. now, this is the airport security forces, of course, the very members of the security personnel that were the first line of defense at the airport, that protected the airport and stopped those attackers from getting to the main terminal,
after another siege at the same airport claimed more than 30 lives. the pakistani taliban taking responsibility. saima mohsin joining us now on the phone from the airport in karachi. saima, explain to us, this is still an active scene, isn t it? reporter: it is, christine. this is very much under way right now. we ve seen sirens blaring, rushing past us, both paramilitary troops, the rangers here in karachi in pakistan. we ve seen the police. we ve seen dozens of vehicles and ambulances. we counted at least 30 ambulances coming through. they were rushing towards the airport security force academy, which is right next to karachi airport. they are the very people, the force that first confronted those ten militants that attacked karachi airport at terminal 1, an older terminal, overnight sunday here in karachi. they themselves may well be now
all right, welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. and i m john berman. about 30 minutes past the hour right now. breaking news this morning from southern afghanistan. five u.s. service members killed overnight during an attack in the southern zabul province. an afghan national army soldier also killed in this attack with the americans. details remain sketchy about exactly what happened, but it now appears the casualties were the result of friendly fire from a coalition aircraft. more on this breaking story throughout the morning on new day. we do have more breaking news as well. for the second time in two days, there is an attack under way near karachi s jinnah international airport. five security agents have reportedly been killed overnight, just hours ago, in fa fact. this attack comes after a sunday night rampage at the airport claimed more than 30 lives. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility there. our reporter, saima mohsin,
airport in karachi, pakistan. we only know a few details at this point. information, of course, is still coming in to cnn from various sources telling us that at least four military personnel have been killed. at least one of the attackers apparently dead. our sanjay gupta in karachi right now. give us a sense. i know this is still unfolding and qualifying it with that. what do you know at this hour? reporter: yeah. it is very much an ongoing situation, poppy. extraordinary details coming out of this. sounds like a very coordinated attack. these militants trying to enter the airport from three separate areas. all primarily in the cargo and vip areas cutting through barbed wire and prompted a gun fight. one you were referencing and four of the airport security forces killed. commandos whose charge to guard the airport. they got involved with the gunfight. we know that the gunfight