Taliban Militants in Pakistan Kill 132 Children, 9 Staffers, in Assault on Army Public School

Militants from the Pakistani Taliban stormed an
Army Public School in Peshawar today that served mostly officers’
children aged 10 to 18, killing 132 of them and injuring as
many.

The News International in Pakistan
reports:

According to DG ISPR, 132 children and 9 school staff members
were martyred while 7 soldiers including two officers were injured
in the attack.

The proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed credit
of one of the deadliest attack in Pakistan’s history.

Giving account of the harrowing attack, an eye witness said the
terrorists set to fire the vehicle in which they had arrived before
they stormed the school building.

Later, police said, the bloody raid by the Taliban on the
army-run school ended, with all six attackers dead.

About 1,600 militants have been killed in Pakistan since June,
when the government launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb, promising to
continue counterterrorism operations until
terrorism was eliminated.

The White House
condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the “heinous”
and “horrific” act.