Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 126 people, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in years.
The
overwhelming majority of the victims were students at the army public
school, which has children and teenagers in grades 1-10. Pakistani Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the assault and rushed to Peshawar to
show his support for the victims.
The
horrific attack, carried out by a relatively small number of militants
from the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a Pakistani militant group trying to
overthrow the government, also sent dozens of wounded flooding into
local hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children.
"My
son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now," wailed one
parent, Tahir Ali, as he came to the hospital to collect the body of his
14-year-old son Abdullah. "My son was my dream. My dream has been
killed."
The attack began in
the morning hours, with about half a dozen gunmen entering the school —
and shooting at random, said police officer Javed Khan. Army commandos
quickly arrived at the scene and started exchanging fire with the
gunmen, he said. Students wearing their green school uniforms could be
seen on Pakistani television, fleeing the area.read more on http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-taliban-attack-military-school
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