Relatives mourn Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, a student killed in Tuesday's attack
PESHAWAR: Taliban insurgents stormed an army-run school in Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 141 people, almost all of them children, in Pakistan’s bloodiest ever terror attack.
Survivors described how the militants went from room to room shooting children as young as 12 during the eight-hour onslaught at the Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
The attack, claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as revenge for a major military offensive in the region, was condemned by the US, UN and major Western powers as well as Pakistan’s arch-rival India. The Pakistani government and military reaffirmed their determination to defeat the TTP, which has killed thousands since it began its insurgency in 2007.
AFP
