One of the worst terrorist
attacks held in Pakistan Tuesday that killed 141 people including 132 children
and 10 staff members. Seven Pakistani Taliban fighters (TTP) attacked on a
military school in Peshawar city in Pakistan.
Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder,
reporting from Peshawar, said "most of the younger pupils escaped the
school, but the senior students were not so lucky".
Tehrik-e-Taliban told to the
reporters that they selected army school in response to the military attack to
the militants. Muhammad Umar Khorasani told, "We selected the army's
school for the attack because the government is targeting our families and
females. We want them to feel the pain."
The attack was started at 10 am
when seven armed people entered the school and started gunfire on the students
and teachers. Security forces quickly reached at the scene and started the
operation to save the people.
The operation was over at 6 pm
and all seven attackers were killed during gunfire, according to the police.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif said it was a "national tragedy", calling those killed
"my children".
Traumatized children who were
lucky enough to escape alive recalled the bloodshed. "While we were being
moved out, we saw bodies of our classmates lying in the corridors," one student
told Dawn News.
President Barack Obama condemned the attack
"in the strongest terms." "Our hearts and prayers go out to the
victims, their families, and loved ones," Obama said in a statement.
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