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“Shoot the older students”

A group of Taliban gunmen attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Dec. 16 and the reported death toll is horrifying.

Over 130 people, including 100 children, have been killed in the attack.

More than 100 have also been injured after some 500 people were trapped when terrorists stormed the compound that houses the Army Public School and College.

A Taliban spokesman told wire services that the militants were ordered to kill the older children and release the younger ones.

“It’s a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan,” spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters.

Six terrorists have been killed by security forces, a Pakistani general said, adding that operations had slowed down because of the risk of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted inside the school.

It took the army over six hours to gain full control of the premises.