Children massacred in Pakistan school attack

Peshwar, Pakistan, Dec.  17 (NsNewsWire) At least 141 people, including 132 children, have been killed in an attack by Pakistani Taliban fighters (TTP) on a military-run school in Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest.

Explosions and gunfire rang out as seven armed men attacked the Army Public School on Tuesday morning, in one the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan’s history. Ten staff members were also killed, reports Aljazeera.

Officials told Al Jazeera that all seven attackers were killed in the operation.

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”.

The deadly attack triggered shock and outrage across the world. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said it was a “national tragedy”, calling those killed “my children”.

Shell-shocked survivors described the attack as nothing short of mayhem. The attackers came dressed in paramilitary uniforms looking for people to kill.

One survivor, Shahrukh Khan, 16, shot in both legs, said he managed to survive after playing dead.