At least 100 people have been killed, including 84 children, after Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the worst militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.
500-pupil school – which has students in grades 1-10, thought to be ages
5 to 14 – in the early hours and shooting at random, said police
officer Javed Khan.
Army commandos quickly arrived at
the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen, he added. It is thought
that some students are still trapped inside and the fighting continues.
Mohammad Khorasani, the spokesman for Pakistani’s Taliban Fazal Ullah group, accepted responsibility for the attack.
He said: ‘It’s a gift for those who thought they have crushed us in their so called military operation in North Waziristan.
‘They
[the Pakistani military] were always wrong about our capabilities, We
are still able to carry out major attacks. Today was just the trailer.
‘Six
of our Mujahideen, including three suicide bombers took part in this
attack and with the grace of almighty they all executed the plan very
accurately.’
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