Taliban militants launched a deadly attack on Tuesday on an army-run school in Pakistan, killing more than 120 people, officials said. Most of the victims were students between the age of 10 and 18.
Taleban militants launched a deadly attack on Tuesday on an army-run school in Pakistan, killing more than 120 people, officials said. Most of the victims were students between the age of 10 and 18.
Witnesses described how a huge blast shook the Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar and gunmen went from classroom to classroom, shooting children.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack as retaliation for a major military offensive in the region, saying militants had been ordered to shoot older students.
The attack began around 10.30am (Pakistan Local time) when a group of at least five insurgents, reportedly in military uniforms, entered the school.Pakistan’s military headquarters said a "rescue operation" was under way, with troops still exchanging fire with attackers more than three hours after the incident began.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh and UK's Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the attack