At least 126 people, including 84 children, died after
Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the
north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the
worst ever militant attack to hit the troubled region. It
was reported that one suicide bomber blew himself
up in a room containing 60 children. The attack
started with the gunmen entering the 500-pupil
school - which has students in grades 1 to 10,
thought to be ages 5 to 14 - in the early hours. The
jihadists went from classroom to classroom,
shooting at random. Army commandos quickly
arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the
gunmen. Eye-witnesses described how students
cowered under desks as dead bodies were strewn
along corridors. Around 160 children, aged 13 and
14, are being held hostage, with four gunmen still
inside.
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