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The Taliban say they targeted the school because the army targets their families and they "want them to feel our pain".

13:49, UK, Tuesday 16 December 2014

Video: Children Killed In Pakistan Attack

Taliban gunmen have killed 126 people, including at least 100 children, in a school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Six men, some wearing suicide vests, stormed the army-run school, according to military officials, while soldiers surrounded the building.
Around 500 children and teachers were believed to be inside, with many students taking exams at the time.

A Pakistani soldier takes up a position above a road near a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A soldier takes up position near the school

At least 122 people are thought to have been injured.
An undisclosed number of teachers and pupils were held hostage by the Tehreek-e-Taliban militants before they were killed by the army.

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Gallery: Taliban In Deadly School Raid
Gallery: Taliban In Deadly School Raid

"Sixth terrorist killed in last block," Major General Asim Bajwa tweeted. "IEDs (bombs) planted by terrorists hamper speed of clearance."

He said 11 staff members were rescued from the building.

Police struggled to hold back distraught parents trying to break past a cordon and get to the school as loud explosions went off inside.

"My son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now," wailed one parent, Tahir Ali, as he came to the hospital to collect the body of his 14-year-old son Abdullah. "My son was my dream. My dream has been killed."

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