much about them as well as the innocent citizen that lost their life. what precipitated this event we do not know. my officers were simply having lunch when the shooting started. i saw their gun in their hand, and he just told me to tell the cops that it was a revolution and he had just killed two cops inside. investigators suspect the shooters were white supremacists and they had raided their apartment overnight. the murdered police officers are identified as 41-year-old alyn beck and 41-year-old igor soldo. feel for their families. breaking news, pakistan s largest and busienesserest airp under siege. they stormed the airport area in jinnah international airport in karachi, leaving 33 people dead and parts of the airport on fire. police say two detonated suicide vests, and overnight, the
pakistani taliban claimed responsibility. we bring in saima mohsin live from karachi. saima, give us a sense of the situation right now at that airport. is it stabilized? reporter: yeah, john, just as you re coming to me, actually, it s been confirmed that the military has handed over karachi international airport to the civil aviation authority, so it s now back in airport authority hands. they have been sweeping the area, combing it carefully, checking every nook and cranny to see that no man, no militants, in fact, has been left behind. and this, of course, is after that late-night, bold and brazen attack where at least ten militants entered heavily armed, john. they came prepared. they were obviously trying to make their way to the main airport terminal. they came in through a smaller, older airport terminal, shooting out people running for their safety. i spoke to one man who came out and said, we hid in the toilet and we didn t come out until security personnel in the
lunch when the shooting started. they had a back break and i saw the gun in their hand and he just told me to tell the cops that it was a revolution and he had just killed two cops inside. the murdered police officers have been identified as 41-year-old alyn beck and 31-year-old igor soldo. and our hearts go out to their families. breaking news this morning, the pakistani taliban claiming responsibility for a bloody siege at the karachi airport. ten heavily armed militants storming the cargo area of ji jinnah international airport last night. 28 people dead and parts of the facility on fire. authorities say at least two of the attackers detonated suicide vests. we want to bring in saima mohsin live from karachi this morning. and this is troubling. this is a big international airport, and militants storming in there with a great deal of loss of life. bring us up to speed. reporter: yeah, huge concern this morning here in karachi, christine. this is pakistan s largest,
both for people traveling in and out of karachi and for pakistan itself. the taliban says that they targeted this high-profile location out of revenge for a drone strike conducted by the united states that killed hakim ala mehsud, and last week, the pakistan announced all-out war if they didn t stop targeting militants in waziristan, in the tribal areas. christine? saima mohsin in karachi at the airport. thank you. we have new information this morning about the captivity and recovery of bowe bergdahl. according to the new york times, the former p.o.w. claims he was tortured by the taliban and kept in a locked cage for trying to escape. we ll have more on that just ahead. this morning, though, bergdahl s reportedly walking the halls of his hospital in germany, said to be in surprisingly good health. let s get an update on his current condition. karl penhaul live in landstuhl, in germany this morning. good morning, karl.
morning told us we were safe to do so. they heard a bomb going off. they thought they were going to die. john? you used the words bold and brazen. this is karachi. this is the biggest, busiest airport in karachi. how did these armed men get in? ten guys, heavily armed. what are authorities saying about that? reporter: yeah, this is pakistan s largest city. 20 million people live here. it s pakistan s largest and busiest airport. but what they did is they actually targeted an old airport terminal, which isn t really used anymore. it s used for private jets or government jets every now and again, john. so, this had lesser security in the extent that it wasn t as high security as the main airport terminal. nevertheless, it is an attack on a major airport. they did get inside and they managed to kill a lot of people. at least 18 people have been killed, plus the 10 militants in this attack. now, john, of course, the