in arizona, living in appalling conditions. good to have you with us. we begin with breaking if yous out of pakistan. an assault on a large and busy airport. eight are dead. the gunman throwing hand grenades on to the tarmac in karachi, and then a gun battle brock out. all flights have been diverted. major airports are on high alert. a karachi based journalist has been reporting on the story for several outlets and joins us by phone. reports, we understand, indicate that 6-10 gunmen stormed the cargo in the vip area of the airport. what is the latest. yes, gun battles are going on. nine dead bodies have been taken to hospital, including security forces. it s been claimed that many have been killed. as you said, karachi airport is one of the busiest and large airports in the coupedry. country. once again eight have been killed, are the gunmen inside the airport still? yes. there is fighting going on between the security forces. we are seeing heavy smoke and fire. a
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