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    Gunmen hold 500 students hostage in Peshawar; Pak Taliban claims responsibility

    December 16, 2014
    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. Reports say 5 students have been killed and 45 injured in the attack. Meanwhile, some media reports from out of Pakistan says at least 12 students have been killed, all boys. 
     
    A Reuters journalist at the scene could hear heavy gunfire from inside the school as soldiers surrounded it. Reports say terrorists first torched a vehicle and then entered the school in army uniforms. They reportedly entered from a graveyard near the school’s back gate. 
     
     
    Military officials said at least eight armed men had entered the military-run Army Public School. About 500 students and teachers were believed to be inside. Although teachers says that nearly 1500 students could be inside the school. Peshawar has been the target of frequent militant attacks in the past. Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. 
     
    PM Nawaz Shariff has directed all civil and military security agencies to rescue every one from the school safely. (KH)
    Last modified on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 13:53

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