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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. |
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. | |
Eyewitnesses said the attackers were dressed as soldiers and opened fire at random. | |
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". |
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on his way to the scene of the attack. | |