பெஷாவர் படுகொலையை திட்டமிட்ட தலிபான் தளபதி சுட்டுக் கொலை (வீடியோ இணைப்பு)

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">பெஷாவர் தாக்குதலை திட்டமிட்ட தலிபான் தளபதி சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.</span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">பாகிஸ்தானின் பெஷாவர் பகுதியில் உள்ள ராணுவ பள்ளி ஒன்றில் புகுந்த 7 தலிபான் தீவிரவாதிகள் சரமாரியாக நடத்திய துப்பாக்கிச்சூட்டில் 134 குழந்தைகள் உட்பட 150 பேர் பலியாகி உள்ளனர். இந்தத் தாக்குதலுக்கு தெஹ்ரிக் இ தலிபான்கள் பொறுப்பேற்றுள்ளனர்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">இந்நிலையில் பள்ளியில் தாக்குதல் நடத்த திட்டமிட்ட சதாம் (saddham) என்ற தலிபான் தளபதி வடக்கு பெஷாவரில் உள்ள ஜம்ரூத் (Jamruth)என்னும் இடத்தில் பாதுகாப்பு படையினரால் சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளார்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">பாகிஸ்தானின் பழங்குடியினர் பகுதியான கைபர் (Khyber) பகுதியில் இவர் பதுங்கியிருந்ததாகவும், தீவிரவாத தாக்குதலை திட்டமிட்டு 7 பேரை அனுப்பியவர் இவர் என்பதும் தற்போது தெரியவந்துள்ளது.</span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3WmfQ_X3RqU" width="460"></iframe></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/ttp_commander_002.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/ttp_commander_003.jpg" /></span></div>

பெஷாவர் படுகொலையை திட்டமிட்ட தலிபான் தளபதி சுட்டுக் கொலை (வீடியோ இணைப்பு)

பெஷாவர் தாக்குதலை திட்டமிட்ட தலிபான் தளபதி சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. பாகிஸ்தானின் பெஷாவர் பகுதியில் உள்ள ராணுவ ...

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பாகிஸ்தான் பள்ளி தாக்குதல்: தீவிரவாதிகளின் புகைப்படங்கள் வெளியீடு (வீடியோ இணைப்பு)

<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.6000003814697px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">பெஷாவர் பள்ளி படுகொலையில் ஈடுபட்ட தீவிரவாதிகளின் புகைப்படங்களை தலிபான் தீவிரவாத இயக்கம் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.</span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">பாகிஸ்தானின் பெஷாவர் பகுதியில் உள்ள ராணுவ பள்ளி ஒன்றில் புகுந்த 6 தலிபான் தீவிரவாதிகள் சரமாரியாக நடத்திய துப்பாக்கிச்சூட்டில் 132 குழந்தைகள் உட்பட 145 பேர் பலியாகி உள்ளனர்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">மேலும் படுகாயமடைந்த நூற்றுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பள்ளி குழந்தைகள் மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டு சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருகின்றனர்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">இந்நிலையில் குழந்தைகளை கொன்று குவித்த தீவிரவாதிகளின் புகைப்படங்களை, தங்களது தளத்தில் தலிபான்கள் வெளியிட்டுள்ளார்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">இதுகுறித்து தலிபான்கள் கூறியதாவது, வடக்கு வாஜிரிஸ்தானில் எங்களுக்கு எதிராக இராணுவம் எடுக்கிற நடவடிக்கைக்கு பழிக்கு பழிவாங்கத்தான் ராணுவ பள்ளிக்கூடத்தை குறி வைத்து தாக்குதல் நடத்தினோம் என்றும் எங்கள் வலியை, வேதனையை அவர்கள் உணர வேண்டும் என விரும்புகிறோம் எனவும் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">இதற்கிடையே ராணுவ தளபதியை திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டதற்காகவே அப்பள்ளியின் முதல்வரை குறிவைத்து கொலை செய்துள்ளதாக, தீவிரவாதிகள் தற்போது தகவல் ஒன்றை வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர்.</span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VqNebuHdyXg" width="460"></iframe></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_002.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_003.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_004.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_005.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_006.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_007.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/talibans_pics_008.jpg" /></span></div> <div align="center" style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="1" src="http://world.lankasri.com/photos/full/2014/12/taliban_pictures_003.jpg" /></span></div>

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பெஷாவர் பள்ளி படுகொலையில் ஈடுபட்ட தீவிரவாதிகளின் புகைப்படங்களை தலிபான் தீவிரவாத இயக்கம் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. பாகிஸ்தானின் பெஷாவர் பகுதியில் உள...

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Funerals Begin for 141 Slain in Taliban Attack on Pakistan School

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNstFea1OwJRsbDyf4DzOE969uQOa7DdO62mdGLIKeTg30Lr0aE-ext7iysSSk8519qAGZiSA1z6TBdwLC2f0jtnjoWCE5kXnhumq5QJ3OWakQ1YBmt627M-_40Mw4IY8sYGir3vE8pU/s1600/2A263414-4BAE-4D0A-833F-DAEEADF16422_mw640_mh331_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNstFea1OwJRsbDyf4DzOE969uQOa7DdO62mdGLIKeTg30Lr0aE-ext7iysSSk8519qAGZiSA1z6TBdwLC2f0jtnjoWCE5kXnhumq5QJ3OWakQ1YBmt627M-_40Mw4IY8sYGir3vE8pU/s1600/2A263414-4BAE-4D0A-833F-DAEEADF16422_mw640_mh331_s.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first funerals are being held for the victims of a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan on Tuesday that left at least 141 people dead, most of them young students.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wearing military uniforms and strapped with explosives, seven assailants attacked the military-run facility in the northwestern city of Peshawar, shooting children and adults.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistani officials said 132 of the dead were students about 12 to 16 years old. Nine school staff members also died in the siege, which lasted more than eight hours.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A provincial official said more than 120 others were wounded in the assault. VOA Deewa Radio reporter Hameedullah Khan said more than 100 of the wounded were children.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, a Pakistan army spokesman, said security forces killed the attackers and saved hundreds of lives in a swift operation after the bloodshed began.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heavily armed Taliban gunmen entered from the rear of the school "by cutting and crossing the fence," Bajwa said. "... They entered the auditorium, where all the children were going through an exam, and they started shooting them indiscriminately and they caused the maximum damage in the first 10 minutes of their attack."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Army commandos responded, killing all seven terrorists, Bajwa said.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The attack on the school, in a highly secured part of Peshawar city, began about 10 a.m. local time and ended around 6.30 p.m. (1330 GMT), police said, according to the French news agency AFP.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch related video by VOA's Jeff Custer:</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mediaplayer videoplayer" id="va06e6cc2076b4bcea51b349f83142e6c" style="margin: 10px 0px 10px -135px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for Pakistan's offensive targeting militants in the country's northwestern tribal region, near the Afghan border.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The area has served as a major sanctuary and training ground for Pakistani and Afghan militants responsible for terrorist attacks on both sides.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistan's President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attacks.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharif, who arrived in Peshawar on Tuesday, said the "government will not be deterred by this barbaric act" and vowed to continue military operations against the militants. He also declared a three-day national mourning period.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bajwa, the Pakistani military spokesman, said the Taliban gunmen made no demands and started killing children as soon as they entered the building.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"They didn't take any hostages initially and started firing in the hall," Bajwa said. But the militants had brought rations for several days, he said in a Reuters report, implying that they may have intended to take students hostage.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bajwa said on Twitter that explosive devices had been planted by the militants and were hampering clearance efforts.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doctors said dozens of students were hospitalized, some in critical condition. Authorities in Peshawar appealed for blood donors.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">VOA reporter Khan, who was at a Peshawar hospital, said, "A lot of people are donating blood.”</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said parents, rushing to the hospital where the bodies of many of the children were brought, were "weeping. They were beating themselves, there was sorrow."</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some students rescued</span></strong></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ahsan Mukhtar, a student rescued by security forces, said, "As soon as the gunfire erupted, our teacher instructed everyone to move to a corner of the room for safety.”</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mukhtar added, “An hour later, when the intensity of the fire reduced, army soldiers arrived to rescue us, and on the way out, we saw bullet-ridden bodies of our schoolmates everywhere.”</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Provincial Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said the gunmen were dressed in the uniform of the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the school enrolls some civilian students, many of its pupils are children of army officials, the Taliban's intended target, Reuters and <em>The New York Times</em> reported.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters, "We selected the army's school for the attack because the government is targeting our families and females.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We are doing this because we want them to feel the pain of how terrible it is when your loved ones are killed."</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World reaction</span></strong></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack, calling it "an act of horror and rank cowardice to attack defenseless children while they learn.”</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistani children's education advocate and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban in a 2012 assassination attempt for her activism, responded to the attacks with resolve.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold-blooded act of terror in Peshawar. ... Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this. ... I, along with millions of others around the world, mourn these children, my brothers and sisters — but we will never be defeated," Malala said.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U.S. President Barack Obama said that "by targeting students and teachers in this heinous attack, terrorists have once again shown their depravity." Obama added that the U.S. would continue to support Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism and extremism.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson expressed solidarity with the country, saying "few have suffered more at the hands of terrorists and extremists than the people of Pakistan."</span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted Tuesday: "The news from Pakistan is deeply shocking. It's horrifying that children are being killed simply for going to school." </span></div> <div style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">VOA's Ayaz Gul contributed to this report from Islamabad. 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Funerals Begin for 141 Slain in Taliban Attack on Pakistan School

The first funerals are being held for the victims of a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan on Tuesday that left at least 141 people dead...

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Six militants involved in Peshawar attack have been killed

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Six militants involved in Peshawar attack have been killed

Peshawar- According to our sources, six Taliban militants have been killed at a school attacked by militants in the city of Peshawar tod...

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Pakistan school attack: Taliban kill at least 132 children

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y8pfP8-1Zf3kQWuhc-sTM5syECohX1bHQzAEydOF813L24uFgbtI0mASArh03_I0r94cnRRNvMuDPMMzvjRxMhhpKFMTxpDpMs1tz3NYDkt_NRyOz59zv4XHMebxNIsmP5l8i-nfkGE/s1600/pakistan-attack-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y8pfP8-1Zf3kQWuhc-sTM5syECohX1bHQzAEydOF813L24uFgbtI0mASArh03_I0r94cnRRNvMuDPMMzvjRxMhhpKFMTxpDpMs1tz3NYDkt_NRyOz59zv4XHMebxNIsmP5l8i-nfkGE/s1600/pakistan-attack-17.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <ul id="scrbbl-holder-stickies" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137191381" id="scrbbl-post137191381" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what we know so far:<br />• All militants have been killed and the siege is over, police say.<br />• 141 people have been killed, including at least 132 pupils, according to a government official.<br />• A teacher was reportedly burned alive in front of pupils and children were shot in the head.<br />• The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive.<br />• Spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said it was "just the trailer” to further attacks.<br />• Eyewitnesses said the attackers were dressed as soldiers and opened fire at random, detonating an unknown number of suicide bombs.<br />• David Cameron expressed his sympathy on Twitter, calling the targeting of a school "horrifying" and "deeply shocking" and political leaders around the world have condemned the massacre.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <ul id="scrbbl-holder-normal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137202361" id="scrbbl-post137202361" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an hour ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A spokesman for the Pakistani military says that 141 people, most of them children, were killed as the death toll rises again.<br />Asim Bajwa told a news conference that 132 of the dead were children and another nine were staff members.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137199279" id="scrbbl-post137199279" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the deaths were caused by suicide blasts as at least three of the militants blew themselves up, during a gun battle with the Pakistani army. One distraught family member was given a wrong body because the faces of many children were so badly burned.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137199151" id="scrbbl-post137199151" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shahrukh Khan, 15, was shot in both legs but survived after hiding under a bench.<br />"One of my teachers was crying, she was shot in the hand and she was crying in pain," he told Reuters.<br />"One terrorist then walked up to her and started shooting her until she stopped making any sound. All around me my friends were lying injured and dead."</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-image scrbbl-post-tight-to-edge" data-post-type="image" data-postid="137198988" id="scrbbl-post137198988" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); left: 0px; padding: 7px 12px; position: absolute; top: 7px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-wrap" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/content/default/images/bg.png) 0px 0px repeat rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/6aee8961-d575-41d0-ae61-0cba4f4eac04_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-placeholder" style="margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 460px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-wrap" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 23px; position: absolute; width: 414px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-caption" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); max-height: 100px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="scrbbl-post-caption-inner" style="display: inline-block; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px; position: relative; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"></span></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sb-wrap" style="height: 66px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="scrbbl-sb-ch"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistani army commandos leave the army school as the military operation concludes. Picture: AFP/Getty Images</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137198932" id="scrbbl-post137198932" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistan Army soldiers are beginning to leave the school but the recovery in Peshawar is just beginning. Funerals are starting for the more than 130 victims but many parents have not even have their children's deaths confirm as authorities work to identify dozens of bodies marked "unknown".</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137198163" id="scrbbl-post137198163" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, called the massacre “an act of horror and rank cowardice to attack defenseless children while they learn.”<br />“No cause can justify such brutality. No grievance can excuse such horror,” he said. “Getting an education is every child's right. Going to school should not have to be an act of bravery.”</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-image scrbbl-post-tight-to-edge" data-post-type="image" data-postid="137197630" id="scrbbl-post137197630" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); left: 0px; padding: 7px 12px; position: absolute; top: 7px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-wrap" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/content/default/images/bg.png) 0px 0px repeat rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/25f6b925-4626-4beb-8c46-01fa4f1dfcf4_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-placeholder" style="margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 460px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-wrap" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 23px; position: absolute; width: 414px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-caption" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); max-height: 100px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="scrbbl-post-caption-inner" style="display: inline-block; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px; position: relative; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"></span></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sb-wrap" style="height: 66px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="scrbbl-sb-ch"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pakistani schoolgirls pray for victims who were killed, during a memorial ceremony in their school in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Picture: EPA</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137196703" id="scrbbl-post137196703" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A UN human rights official has drawn comparisons between the Pakistan attack and the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram.<br />Zeid Ra'ad Al said: "Nowhere in the world should it be an act of bravery for a child to attend school. Yet, in parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria simply showing up at school takes tremendous courage and determination.<br />"In recent years, my staff have been receiving increasing frequent reports in these three countries of schools being destroyed or closed because of militants' threats, and of schoolchildren - especially girls - being kidnapped, shot, attacked with acid or poisoned by groups whose ideology bears no resemblance to any religion or any cultural norm".</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137196549" id="scrbbl-post137196549" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The leader of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, Shireen Mazari, said that out of 146 people killed, nearly 140 were children. 113 were also injured, she said.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-image scrbbl-post-tight-to-edge" data-post-type="image" data-postid="137195353" id="scrbbl-post137195353" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); left: 0px; padding: 7px 12px; position: absolute; top: 7px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-wrap" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/content/default/images/bg.png) 0px 0px repeat rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/6a54f804-844b-416d-8a9b-1cbccd74f6ae_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-placeholder" style="margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 460px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-wrap" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 23px; position: absolute; width: 414px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-caption" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); max-height: 100px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="scrbbl-post-caption-inner" style="display: inline-block; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px; position: relative; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"></span></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sb-wrap" style="height: 66px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="scrbbl-sb-ch"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A plainclothes security officer escorting pupils who escaped the massacre to safety earlier. Photo: AP</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137195206" id="scrbbl-post137195206" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Philip Hamond has said the "UK continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with the government and people of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism".<br /></span></div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137195206" id="scrbbl-post137195206" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul id="scrbbl-holder-normal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137195206" id="scrbbl-post137195206" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nothing can justify such an horrific attack on children going to school," the Foreign Secretary added.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-tweet scrbbl-post-type-tweet scrbbl-post-comment" data-post-type="tweet" data-postid="137195057" id="scrbbl-post137195057" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); cursor: default; line-height: 18px; margin: 15px 12px; padding: 15px 15px 10px; position: relative;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-upper" style="padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 404px;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar-area" style="float: left; height: 50px;"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=WhiteHouse" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -22px -255px no-repeat; border-radius: 3px; float: left; height: 35px; width: 35px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://avatars.scribblelive.com/2014/11/20/eb76706a-b877-4f4f-b04f-85d0ee806fdc.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; height: 35px; width: 35px;" /></span></a></div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-content-area" style="padding-left: 50px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-screenname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=WhiteHouse" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The White House</a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-twitter-logo" href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -45px -56px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 11px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 14px;" target="_blank"></a><br /><a class="scrbbl-tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=WhiteHouse" style="display: inline-block; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@WhiteHouse</a></span><div class="scrbbl-tweet-content" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 15px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-text" style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s horrific attack…in Peshawar, Pakistan." —Obama</span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/9d93bd58-ec39-425c-8023-aa719c0e7432_500.png" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%;" /></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-lower"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-date" href="http://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/544862834006310914" style="float: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec. 16, 2014</span></a><div class="scrbbl-tweet-actions" style="float: right; visibility: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-reply" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -24px -229px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 18px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-retweet" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -255px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 21px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-favorite" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -280px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 14px; margin: -2px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 16px;" target="_blank"></a></span></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137195035" id="scrbbl-post137195035" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barack Obama has condemned the "depraved" attack and pledged US support for the government of Pakistan in fighting the Taliban.<br />"Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims, their families and loved ones," he added.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-tweet scrbbl-post-type-tweet scrbbl-post-comment" data-post-type="tweet" data-postid="137194356" id="scrbbl-post137194356" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); cursor: default; line-height: 18px; margin: 15px 12px; padding: 15px 15px 10px; position: relative;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-upper" style="padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 404px;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar-area" style="float: left; height: 50px;"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=htakpk" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -22px -255px no-repeat; border-radius: 3px; float: left; height: 35px; width: 35px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://avatars.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/d65c3754-2b93-45fd-843d-df4b38f9d686.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; height: 35px; width: 35px;" /></span></a></div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-content-area" style="padding-left: 50px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-screenname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=htakpk" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Home Department KPK</a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-twitter-logo" href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -45px -56px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 11px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 14px;" target="_blank"></a><br /><a class="scrbbl-tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=htakpk" style="display: inline-block; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@htakpk</a></span><div class="scrbbl-tweet-content" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 15px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-text" style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police sweep grounds of <a class="tweet-url hashtag" href="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23ArmyPublicSchool" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="#ArmyPublicSchool">#ArmyPublicSchool</a> for any possibility of explosives. Clearing operation in aftermath of <a class="tweet-url hashtag" href="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23PeshawarAttack" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="#PeshawarAttack">#PeshawarAttack</a> in progress.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-lower"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-date" href="http://twitter.com/htakpk/status/544859170952863747" style="float: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec. 16, 2014</span></a><div class="scrbbl-tweet-actions" style="float: right; visibility: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-reply" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -24px -229px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 18px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-retweet" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -255px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 21px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-favorite" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -280px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 14px; margin: -2px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 16px;" target="_blank"></a></span></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137194246" id="scrbbl-post137194246" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Police are sweeping the grounds of the Army Public School for bombs after the terrorists used IEDs to try and hamper the rescue operation.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137193450" id="scrbbl-post137193450" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the police and army finish their rescue operation, Peshawar is counting its dead, and the gridlocked streets are beginning to fill with funeral processions.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-tweet scrbbl-post-type-tweet scrbbl-post-comment" data-post-type="tweet" data-postid="137192649" id="scrbbl-post137192649" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); cursor: default; line-height: 18px; margin: 15px 12px; padding: 15px 15px 10px; position: relative;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-upper" style="padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 404px;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar-area" style="float: left; height: 50px;"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-avatar" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=AsimBajwaISPR" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -22px -255px no-repeat; border-radius: 3px; float: left; height: 35px; width: 35px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://avatars.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/ece3ee89-48f2-491d-b57a-10b9b171dea9.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; height: 35px; width: 35px;" /></span></a></div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-content-area" style="padding-left: 50px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-screenname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=AsimBajwaISPR" style="display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">AsimBajwaISPR</a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-twitter-logo" href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -45px -56px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 11px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 14px;" target="_blank"></a><br /><a class="scrbbl-tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=AsimBajwaISPR" style="display: inline-block; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@AsimBajwaISPR</a></span><div class="scrbbl-tweet-content" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 15px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-text" style="padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="tweet-url hashtag" href="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23COAS" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="#COAS">#COAS</a>:Extremely saddened,our resolve has taken new height.Will cont go after inhuman beasts,their facilators till their final elimination.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-lower"> <a class="scrbbl-tweet-date" href="http://twitter.com/AsimBajwaISPR/status/544847642136567808" style="float: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec. 16, 2014</span></a><div class="scrbbl-tweet-actions" style="float: right; visibility: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-reply" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) -24px -229px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 18px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-retweet" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -255px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 21px;" target="_blank"></a><a class="scrbbl-tweet-actions-favorite" href="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=989924&ThemeId=18777#" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/traditional/embed/images/post_sprite.png) 0px -280px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 14px; margin: -2px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -99999px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 16px;" target="_blank"></a></span></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-image scrbbl-post-tight-to-edge" data-post-type="image" data-postid="137192543" id="scrbbl-post137192543" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); left: 0px; padding: 7px 12px; position: absolute; top: 7px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-wrap" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/content/default/images/bg.png) 0px 0px repeat rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/09a40441-5f30-4bc6-83c8-44ab408e5097_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-placeholder" style="margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 460px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-wrap" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 23px; position: absolute; width: 414px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-caption" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); max-height: 100px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="scrbbl-post-caption-inner" style="display: inline-block; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px; position: relative; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"></span></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sb-wrap" style="height: 44px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="scrbbl-sb-ch"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A man comforting one of the children who survived the attack. Photo: Reuters</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137192423" id="scrbbl-post137192423" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The chief spokesperson for the Pakistani Army, Asim Bajwa, said air strikes had already been launched against the Pakistani Taliban in the wake of the attack. He said that in spite of threats, it has only strengthened the army's resolve to hunt down the "inhuman" terrorists until their "final elimination."</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137192229" id="scrbbl-post137192229" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the pupils who survived, Irfan Shah, told the MailOnline he was sitting in class at 10.30 when he heard gunshots.<br />"Our teacher first told us that some kind of drill was going on and that we do not need to worry," he said. "Then the sound came closer. Then we heard cries. One of our friends open the window of the class.<br />"He started weeping as there were several school fellows lying on the ground outside the class.<br />"Everybody was in panic. Two of our class fellows ran outside class in panic. They were shot in front of us."<br />Irfan's teacher told the children to run out of the school's back gate and he and a friend escaped hand-in-hand as they were shot at.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137191057" id="scrbbl-post137191057" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Taliban spokesman has claimed that the massacre was "just the trailer" to further attacks. Muhammad Khorasani told AFP: “They [military] was always wrong about our capabilities. We are still able to carry out major attacks. This was just the trailer.”<br />He claimed that the gunmen sent to storm the school were under orders to "shoot the older students but not the children".</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-html" data-post-type="html" data-postid="137190920" id="scrbbl-post137190920" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-html-wrap"> <div class="SL_C_36642096_82 Creator36642096 Edit"> <span class="SL_C_36642096_85 Creator36642096"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peshawar police have told AFP news agency that the attack is over and all the Taliban militants involved are dead.</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-image scrbbl-post-tight-to-edge" data-post-type="image" data-postid="137190113" id="scrbbl-post137190113" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); left: 0px; padding: 7px 12px; position: absolute; top: 7px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-wrap" style="background: url(http://cdn.scribblelive.com/liveblog/display/content/default/images/bg.png) 0px 0px repeat rgb(245, 245, 245); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/637940a5-3f1d-46a6-953e-484d9e0dc44e_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-placeholder" style="margin: 0px auto; position: relative; width: 460px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-img-caption-wrap" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px 23px; position: absolute; width: 414px;"> <div class="scrbbl-post-caption" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); max-height: 100px; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="scrbbl-post-caption-inner" style="display: inline-block; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 20px; position: relative; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"></span></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sb-wrap" style="height: 44px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="scrbbl-sb-ch"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People carry the coffin of a victim of Taliban attack. Photo: AP</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137189502" id="scrbbl-post137189502" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Dawn News, another injured pupil has succumbed to his wounds at Lady Reading Hospital, bringing the death toll to 131 children and adults.</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137189294" id="scrbbl-post137189294" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nigel Inkster, a former assistant chief of MI6 now with the International Institute for Strategic Services think tank, said the massacre was “blow-back” for army attempts to quash the Taliban and Pakistan could expect worst to come.<br />“Up until very recently the Pakistan army were congratulating themselves that the latest operation had very little blow-back, as they call it," he told Press Association.<br />“This is perhaps the most significant event we have seen thus far...it is an attack of revenge, and there is possibly more where this came from.<br />“The Pakistan army has gone beyond the point of no return.<br />“They have been saying they have been pleasantly surprised by the lack of blow-back so far - there is more to come."</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; 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text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/12/16/e91ed907-42c7-4369-94fb-73a5ce76de97_500.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></span></div> <div class="scrbbl-sitePreview-inner"> <h3 class="LinkTitle" style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/peshawar-school-attack-malala-condemns-talibans-cowardly-act-of-terrorism-9928421.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Malala: 'Taliban cowards will never defeat us'</span></a></h3> <span class="LinkSiteName" style="display: block; margin: 5px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Independent</span></span><span class="LinkDescription" style="display: block; margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malala Yousafzai has condemned Taliban's attack on a school in Pakistan as a "senseless and cold-blooded act of terror".</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-post scrbbl-post-type-text" data-post-type="text" data-postid="137187324" id="scrbbl-post137187324" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><div class="scrbbl-post-inner" style="padding: 5px 0px;"> <ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-post-time" style="padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 hours ago</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-content-area" style="line-height: 22px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The US Ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson, has extended America's "deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims".<br />He added: "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.<br />"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."</span></div> <div class="scrbbl-post-meta-area" style="display: table; text-align: right; width: 460px;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="scrbbl-tweet scrbbl-post-type-tweet scrbbl-post-comment" data-post-type="tweet" data-postid="137187208" id="scrbbl-post137187208" style="border-top-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; position: relative; width: 460px;"><ul class="scrbbl-post-flags" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 7px; z-index: 5;"></ul> <div class="scrbbl-tweet-inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 3px; 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Pakistan school attack: Taliban kill at least 132 children

This is what we know so far: • All militants have been killed and the siege is over, police say. • 141 people have been killed, includ...

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