Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack is considered as one of the gruesome and heartless terrorist assaults that happened in Pakistan history. Terror filled the air when Taliban attackers killed 141 people wherein most were children, some teachers and armies at the Army Public School in the northwestern city on Tuesday.
The Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack left the Pakistanis in awe, revulsion, and fury wherein almost everyone has lost a family in the bloody incident. The incident became international headline wherein people around the world expressed anger as they condemn the horrific massacre.
Seven members of Tehrik-e-Taliban, dressed in army uniform and equipped with suicide vests entered the Army Public School midmorning on Tuesday and started open firing and detonating the bombs. The horrifying death of children and teachers were unveiled after eight hours of sheer battle, the NBC News reports.
The Pakistan commandos launched their battle with the Taliban militants during the eight hour ordeal of terror in the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack. Officials stated that some of the militant attackers blew themselves up while some were killed by the Pakistan security forces.
The Guardian reports that the Taliban militants took the responsibility for the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack that killed hundreds of lives.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban stated that it was just retaliation for the Zarb-e-Azb, Pakistan offensive army that has been storming their area. They said the Zarb-e-Azb had already claimed lives of 1, 000 militants.
A student who survived the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack said that their teacher was burned in front of the class as the militants poured her with gas and blazed alive. Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, a military spokesman revealed that children, ten staff, principal, and 7 militants died and wounded seven soldiers.
A Taliban spokesman stated that "We selected the army's school for the attack because the government is targeting our families and females. We want them to feel the pain."
In the coming days and weeks, more battle will take place that will bring the nation of Pakistan in fear. After the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack, General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's chief of staff tweeted that "massive airstrikes" had been launched to the opponents in the Khyber region.
The Taliban attack is the worst massacre that happened in Pakistan. Peshwar has been always the target of the militants. Earlier in 2013, at least 85 people had been killed in a twin suicide bombing in a church. In 2007, suicide bomb had also massacred 150 people.
USA Today stated that when the Taliban militants entered the premise of the school, the Talibans didn't take any hostages but open fired immediately. Officials concluded that the purpose of the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack was to kill the innocent children.
Hamza Khan, 15, one of the survivors said that they thought that the noise was caused by repairs and construction in the building until the terrorists fired the back door and entered the classroom and opened fire.
All the students who survived the horrible Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack claim that they will not be able to forget the bloody incident. One local hospital near the school was crowded with mourning relatives searching for their daughters, sons, nephews or nieces while several victims lay with bullet wounds.
PM Nawaz Sharif announced three days of mourning in the whole nation. President Barack Obama has also condemned the ruthless attack saying that America is standing with Pakistan in fighting terrorism.
In an attempt to take revenge after the militant attack, the Pakistan's military forces had launched ten airstrikes in the Khyber region located near Peshawar and Afghanistan.
The Pakistan Taliban Peshawar shedding of blood happened before 11 a.m. local time (1 a.m. ET) where a total of 1, 000 students of grades one to ten were inside the public army school.
Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, reaches out to Kabul a day after the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar massacre.
Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, reaches out to Kabul a day after the Peshawar massacre. https://t.co/GKipg9QHqE
— Margherita Stancati (@margheritamvs) December 17, 2014
Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif meets an injured student under treatment at a military hospital in Peshawar after the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack.
Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif meets an injured student under treatment at a military hospital in Peshawar pic.twitter.com/DbexmmdtRT — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) December 17, 2014
PM #NawazSharif declared that war on terror to continue till elimination of terrorism after the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar attack.
#Psr: PM #NawazSharif declared that war on terror to continue till elimination of terrorism https://t.co/3JMqrAQXdm pic.twitter.com/sIWE9oS3wr
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) December 16, 2014
