Taliban Attack Pakistan School Leaving More Than 120 People Dead

Posted by Ifeanyi on Tue 16th Dec, 2014 - tori.ng

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.

#PeshawarAttack: 'A national tragedy'. More than 130 people reportedly killed over 100 of them children. Many wounded pic.twitter.com/iXL9d5oaIt
— Vasco (@Callaicus) December 16, 2014

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

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a school at Peshwar(Pakistan). This dastardly & inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism
— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 16, 2014

The news from Pakistan is deeply shocking. It's horrifying that children are being killed simply for going to school.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) December 16, 2014