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Taliban school attack live: At least 84 children believed dead in Peshawar massacre Taliban attack live: At least 84 children believed dead in Peshawar massacre
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Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds more taken hostage after Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked an army-run school in Pakistan.Dozens of children have been killed and hundreds more taken hostage after Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked an army-run school in Pakistan.
The militants are believed to be holding hundreds more hostage and the Army Public School, in Peshawar, has been sealed off as soldiers attempt to rescue them. This is what we know so far:
• 104 people have been killed, including 84 pupils, according to a local government minister.
• The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive.
• The school is sealed off and the number of hostages inside is unconfirmed.
  
  A Taliban spokesman said the army was being targeted and militants had been told not to harm young children.
(Please wait a moment while the live blog loads) Eyewitnesses said the attackers were dressed as soldiers and opened fire at random.
The region's Chief Minister, Pervez Khattak, told reporters 104 adults and children were dead, including 84 pupils.
Before travelling to the scene of the attack, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: "These are my children and it is my loss," he said.
David Cameron expressed his sympathy on Twitter, calling the targeting of a school "horrifying" and "deeply shocking".David Cameron expressed his sympathy on Twitter, calling the targeting of a school "horrifying" and "deeply shocking".
A spokesperson for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, claimed the attack was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive that started in June. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on his way to the scene of the attack.
“Our suicide bombers have entered the school, they have instructions not to harm the children, but to target the army personnel,” he said.
"It's a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan."