According to Pakistan's leading English daily Dawn, the employees had taken refuge in the cold-storage facility to escape the carnage, but a wall of the warehouse collapsed trapping them. They were in contact with their family during the attack: “We are looking into this and according to the families some seven people were trapped inside the cold storage and were in contact with the families on cell phone,” said Abid Qaimkhani, a spokesman for CAA (Civil Aviation Authority). 
Kutoka kwenye gazeti hilo la Dawn: "Tumeanza operesheni mpya na tumeita vikosi vipya," alisema Sibtain Rizvi, msemaji wa kikosi cha jeshi cha Karachi.