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| Pakistan Taliban kill scores in Peshawar school massacre | |
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| At least 126 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, 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. |
| The attack is being seen as one of the worst yet in Pakistan. | |
| The BBC's Aamer Ahmed Khan in Islamabad says the killing of schoolchildren has caused unprecedented shock. | |
| Thousands of Pakistanis have been killed in militant violence in recent years. | |
| A spokesman for the militants says the school was targeted 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. |
| Many of the casualties were reportedly caused by a suicide blast. At least 80 of the dead are said to be children. | |
| The attack started at 10:00 local time (05:00 GMT). 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. | "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." | "As soon as the firing started, we ran to our classrooms," he said. "They were entering every class and they were killing the children." |
| 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. | |
| Locals said they also heard the screams of students and teachers. The dead are said to include teachers, as well as a paramilitary soldier. | Locals said they also heard the screams of students and teachers. The dead are said to include teachers, as well as a paramilitary soldier. |
| Ambulances have been carrying the injured to nearby hospitals. A helicopter is also in the area. Major roads in Peshawar in the city have been sealed off. | Ambulances have been carrying the injured to nearby hospitals. A helicopter is also in the area. Major roads in Peshawar in the city have been sealed off. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Many of the students were the children of military personnel. Most of them would have been aged 16 or under. | Many of the students were the children of military personnel. Most of them would have been aged 16 or under. |
| Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has just arrived in Peshawar, described the attack as a "national tragedy". | |
| The Pakistani opposition politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan condemned the attack as "utter barbarism". | |
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