Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left for Peshawar to
supervise operation. According to Reuters, Pakistan Taliban has said,"We
targeted school because army targets our families, we want them to feel our
pain."
Police says the gunmen entered the school on Tuesday morning. He says army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen. Military officials at the scene said at least six armed men had entered the military-run Army Public School.
An eye Witness says, "We were standing outside the school and firing suddenly
started and there was chaos everywhere and the screams of children and
teachers," After half an hour of the attack, the army came and sealed the
school.
A School Teacher says "We were in the examination hall when the attack took place," he said. "Now the army men are clearing the classes one by one."
Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters his group
was responsible for the attack.
"Our suicide bombers have entered the school, to target the army personnel," It's a revenge attack for the army offensive in North
Waziristan," he said, referring to an anti-Taliban military offensive that
began in June.
Shireen
Khalid Wadud told the media that her friend's 13-year-old daughter was at the
school in Peshawar when the gunmen burst in. "She pretended to be
dead," she said. "When the gunmen left the class, she ran and managed
to escape. She was the only person who could escape from the class... She is
wounded in her leg, but fortunately it is not serious. She is in hospital. She
is very panicked and she is frightened."
Malala Tweeted : Malala
Yousafzai's statement: "I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold
blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us. Innocent
children in their school have no place in horror such as this.
"I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of Pakistan whose efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable.
"I, along with millions of others around the world, mourn these children, my brothers and sisters - but we will never be defeated."
Eleven staff members rescued : Eleven more staff members of the Army Public School including four women teachers and seven male staff have been rescued by commandos, according to a tweet by DG ISPR General Asim Bajwa.
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