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| Pakistan Taliban 'kill 100' in assault on Peshawar school | |
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| At least 100 people, 80 of them children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistani officials say. | |
| Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said. Gunfire and explosions were heard as security forces surrounded the area. | Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials said. Gunfire and explosions were heard as security forces surrounded the area. |
| The army says most of the school's 500 students have been evacuated. It is not clear how many are being held hostage. | The army says most of the school's 500 students have been evacuated. It is not clear how many are being held hostage. |
| A Taliban spokesman says the assault is in response to army operations. | A Taliban spokesman says the assault is in response to army operations. |
| Hundreds of Taliban fighters are thought to have died in a recent military offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area. | Hundreds of Taliban fighters are thought to have died in a recent military offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area. |
| A school worker and a student interviewed by the local Geo TV station said the attackers had entered the Army Public School's auditorium, where a military team was conducting first-aid training for students. | A school worker and a student interviewed by the local Geo TV station said the attackers had entered the Army Public School's auditorium, where a military team was conducting first-aid training for students. |
| Mudassir Awan, a worker at the school, said he saw six people scaling the walls of the school. | |
| "We thought it must be the children playing some game," he told Reuters news agency. "But then we saw a lot of firearms with them. | |
| "As soon as the firing started, we ran to our classrooms," he said. "They were entering every class and they were killing the children." | |
| Locals said they also heard screams of students and teachers. | |
| Ambulances have been carrying the injured to a nearby hospital. A helicopter is also in the area. | Ambulances have been carrying the injured to a nearby hospital. A helicopter is also in the area. |
| The dead are said to include teachers, as well as a paramilitary soldier. | The dead are said to include teachers, as well as a paramilitary soldier. |
| The attack started at 10 am local time (0500 GMT). | The attack started at 10 am local time (0500 GMT). |
| The school is at the edge of a military cantonment in Peshawar, which has seen some of the worst of the violence during a Taliban insurgency in recent years. | |
| Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described the attack as a "national tragedy". | |
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