PNS Mehran attack

The PNS Mehran attack was an attack/shooting by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al Qaeda which took place on 22 May 2011, at PNS Mehran, the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy's Naval Air Arm and the most populous Pakistani military installation, located near the PAF's Faisal Air Force Base of Karachi, Sindh.

PNS Mehran attack
Part of series of insurgent attacks in Pakistan
Date22–23 May 2011
Location
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
24.0°N 67.0°E / 24.0; 67.0
Result

Pakistan Navy re-captures naval base

  • No hostages were taken
  • Militants killed in action
  • Naval surveillance planes destroyed
Belligerents
 Pakistan
 Pakistan Navy		 TTP
Al-Qaeda
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Yasser Abbas † Ehsanullah Ehsan
Azam Tariq
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ilyas Kashmiri †
Units involved
Naval Special Service Group–SSG(N)
Special Security Unit Sindh Police		 15-man-strong terrorist squad
Strength
500+ 15 terrorists
Casualties and losses
Killed in action (total 18):
11 naval officers
1 fireman
3 SSG(N) officers
1 sailor
2 Army Rangers
Wounded in Action:
16 naval personnel
Physical damage:
2 P3C Orion aircraft destroyed.		 Killed in Action:
4 militants
Wounded in Action
5 militants
Caught:
4 militants
2 militants escaped
Karachi
Location within Pakistan

In the course of the event, 15 attackers killed 18 military personnel and wounded 16 in a sophisticated terrorist attack which lasted 16 hours. Two American-built P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft were destroyed.

According to the United States and Western intelligence sources, the attack was far more dangerous than the 2009 Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack, and was better planned and more rehearsed than the previous attack. It was the biggest attack on the Navy and its assets since 1971, and is believed to have been the last major attack of militant mastermind Ilyas Kashmiri. The Special Service Group (Navy) (SSG (N)), carried out the counter-attack, which was the largest operation led by SSG (N).

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