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A schoolboy who was injured in a Taliban attack receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar.
A schoolboy who was injured in a Taliban attack receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar.
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Live Updates: Pakistan School Attack

-- At least 141 people, including more than 132 children, have died in an attack on a military-run school in Peshawar. It is the deadliest terror attack in Pakistan's history. The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility.

-- Militants, who apparently did not try to take hostages, used firearms and explosives in what appears to have been an indiscriminate attack.

-- A Pakistani Taliban spokesman told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that the attack was revenge for an army operation in North Waziristan.

-- Military officials at the scene said that at least six armed men had entered the school and that about 500 students and teachers were believed to be inside. Police report that all militants have been killed and the attack is now over.

-- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a three-day mourning period across the country. Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, meanwhile, said she was "heartbroken" over the "senseless and cold-blooded act of terror."

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Peshawar

12:29 16.12.2014

12:26 16.12.2014

Statement of U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson

On behalf of the American people, U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson extends the deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims of Tuesday’sheinous attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar. The United States strongly condemns senseless and inhumane attacks on innocent students and educators, and stands in solidarity with the people of Pakistan, and all who fight the menace of terrorism. Few have suffered more at the hands of terrorists and extremists than the people of Pakistan. That is why it remains essential for the United States and Pakistan to continue to work together to secure peace and stability in the region.

12:21 16.12.2014

12:07 16.12.2014
More Than 130 Dead In Pakistan School Attack
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More Than 130 Dead In Pakistan School Attack

Islamist militants have killed more than 130 people at a military-run school in Peshawar, most of them children, in a devastating assault Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called a "national tragedy unleashed by savages." The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the December 16 attack, one of the deadliest carried out militants in Pakistan.

12:01 16.12.2014

No logic here

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11:42 16.12.2014

Horrific accounts of the attacks here from AFP:

“I was sitting in the corridor with 10 of my classmates when we heard firing. We immediately ran towards the classroom to hide there but the militants chased us down and found us. They were dressed in shalwar kameez and the only thing they told us is: ‘read the kalma’,” said Ali, remorsefully adding that he was the only one of his 10 friends that survived the attack.

11:33 16.12.2014

Imran Khan has been a proponent of peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban.

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