Senior police official Imran Shahid said five militants holed up in a half-built building overnight after the airport attack and clashed with police on Sunday, killing one officer. Three insurgents were also killed, he said.

Police, militants in Pakistan shootout

Pakistan police were Sunday engaged in a gunbattle with militants holed up in a house in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar following a Taliban attack on the city's airport, officials said.

Two officers were wounded by a hand grenade as clashes broke out after officers acting on a tip-off raided a house close to the airport, which militants raided on Saturday evening, senior police official Imtiaz Altaf said.

Voice of Russia, AFP

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