At least three rockets were fired at Peshawar airport in Pakistan by unidentified terrorists on Saturday.
Initial reports suggest that five people have been killed in the attack and at least 25 injured. Meanwhile, it is being learnt that gun fight is on between security officials and the terrorists.
The rockets, fired from an unknown location, landed on the perimeter of the Bacha Khan International Airport, University Town and another residential neighbourhood at around 9 pm, witnesses said.
Officials were quoted by TV news channels as saying that the rockets were fired from the tribal areas adjoining Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
TV reports suggest that Airport Security Forces (ASF) and other security agencies have blocked the roads leading to the airport. Peshawar Airport has been sealed after firing and explosions were reported in and around the airport.
Ambulances have reached the spot and injured are being taken to nearby hospitals.
No group claimed responsibility for the incident though such attacks are usually blamed on the Pakistani Taliban. At least 10 people died in Pakistan Saturday night when Taliban militants stormed an airport after ramming their explosives-laden vehicle into its outer wall.
The militants attacked the Bacha Khan Airport in Peshawar around 8.30 p.m.
According to local media reports, five rockets were fired by the militants at the airport and two of them hit the runaway.
Five attackers were among the dead and over 40 others were injured, Xinhua reported.
All international and domestic flights were cancelled following the attack.
The attack was in response to a recent military operation in the area, the army said.
The airport authorities said all their assets were safe.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf condemned the attack.
–Agencies