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Over 100 killed in attack on Peshawar school

Other News Materials 16 December 2014 12:05 (UTC +04:00)
At least 104 people were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on a private school in Peshawar on Tuesday
Over 100 killed in attack on Peshawar school

At least 104 people were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on a private school in Peshawar on Tuesday, Express News reported.

The Army Public School is located on Warsak Road near Army Housing Colony and a medical school.

Prime Minister Nawaz says this is a national crisis. "I will monitor the operation personally from Peshawar," he says.

Security is put on high alert in Islamabad after the attack on school in Peshawar, while K-P government announces three days of mourning.

As Reuters reported, Taliban gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials at the scene said.

Military officials said at least six armed men had entered the military-run Army Public School.

About 500 students and teachers were believed to be inside.

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