Islamic terror group, the Taliban, around 10 this
morning launched a deadly attack on a military-
run primary school in Northwestern city of
Peshawar in Pakistan, killing 100 people, 80 of
them children, according to the BBC.
They are
also reportedly holding over 100 children hostage.
Over 500 students have so far been evacuated.
According to reports, the militants stormed the
school's auditorium this morning where the
students were learning first aid training from the
military and started shooting.
According to one of the teachers who survived the
attack, as soon the militants started shooting, the
students ran into their class rooms in panic but
the militants pursued them & shot them at close
range
One of the students, Abdullah Jamal who sustained
a gunshot injury on his leg, said that he was with
a group of 8th, 9th and 10th graders who were
getting first-aid instructions and training with a
team of Pakistani army medics when the shooting
started.
"Then I saw children falling down who were
crying and screaming. I also fell down.
I
learned later that I have got a bullet," he
said, speaking from his hospital bed.
"All the
children had bullet wounds. All the children
were bleeding," Jamal said.
The Pakistani police have since condoned off the
area and is working to bring the situation under
control. Blood donations have also been called for
for injured victims.
Meanwhile Taliban spokesman Mohammed Khurasani
in a telephone interview to Pakistan media,
claimed responsibility for the attack stating that
six suicide bombers had carried out the attack in
revenge for the killings of Taliban members at the
hands of Pakistani authorities.
Photo credit: Reuters/AP
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