Pakistan: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked army-run school, at least 126 dead
According to recent reports, at least 126 mostly students were killed and dozens others injured when militants attacked an army-run school situated on Warsak Road in Peshawar Tuesday. ISPR now confirms that all terrorists have been killed.
Five or six militants wearing military uniforms entered the Army Public School in the city of Peshawar, a source at the school told.
“There has been an incident of firing at Army Public School in Peshawar. Troops have cordoned off the area and (are) searching for the militants,” a senior military official told.
The militants took students and teachers hostage while exchange of fire between the militants and security forces is underway. A senior police official said a “huge blast” had occurred inside the building.