Taliban Terrorists Slaughter 132 Schoolchildren And 9 Teachers (Video)
Taliban terrorists overnight seized a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, slaughtering over 140 students and teachers.
141 people, mostly children 12 to 16 years old, are dead, and over 100 more injured after 300 to 400 members of the Taliban slaughtered them in a terror raid few can even imagine.
Shouting, “God is great,” the terrorists massacred them.
A CNN video from earlier today. The death toll numbers have risen since:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/12/16/newday-shubert-deadly-school-attack-pakistan-taliban.cnn.html
CNN reports a 14-year old student told them a Pakistani Taliban member said to another, “‘A lot of the children are under the benches. Kill them.'”
They were eventually met by Pakistani troops who pushed through the complex building by building, room by room. By 4 p.m., they’d confined the attackers to four buildings. A few hours later, all the militants — seven of them, according to [military spokesman Gen. Asim] Bajwa — were dead.
Still, the ordeal isn’t over.
Pakistani authorities spent Tuesday night inside the school in Peshawar, a city about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the country’s capital, Islamabad, looking for survivors, victims and improvised explosive devices planted to worsen the carnage.
The story continues on other fronts as well, such as the military’s continued offensive against militants in northwest Pakistan and in Peshawar hospitals where many young people are fighting for their lives.
Caution: this video is graphic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WGl5KTd_lk
Also graphic: some responses and news via Twitter:
BREAKING | Death toll rises to 141 in Peshawar; 132 children and 9 school staff killed in attack #TalibanKillsKids pic.twitter.com/cUhYkV608o
— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) December 16, 2014
Pakistan death toll rises to 141 killed, most of them children: http://t.co/ylzyEUip3Z #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/qgLw9RhCTK
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) December 16, 2014
‘They literally set the teacher on fire with gasoline and made the kids watch’ #PeshawarAttack http://t.co/PQsr3FDDHh pic.twitter.com/iUj04Kxuiw
— The Independent (@Independent) December 16, 2014
“@miniestmini: The anguish, pain and helplessness…. #Peshawar #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/fg5uiCNfyP“
— shahid siddiqui (@shahid_siddiqui) December 16, 2014
Un dÃa normal de clase que terminó en tragedia en Peshawar (#Pakistán) http://t.co/ZOzpXcbQVO pic.twitter.com/7PrP0wOm3j
— Europa Press (@europapress) December 16, 2014
“My son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now” #Peshawar http://t.co/aeTxpG8l0u pic.twitter.com/qpvOsuAuvW
— Hamilton Spectator (@TheSpec) December 16, 2014
Some of the injured children in the #PeshawarAttack: http://t.co/JfVM2MBtRT pic.twitter.com/zCNBhCa1GN
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 16, 2014
University of Peshawar students donating blood. pic.twitter.com/Epzj9y133U
— Delawar Jan (@DelawarJan) December 16, 2014
Principal of Army Public School. She gave her life to save lives of children of her school #PeshawarAttack #Peshawar pic.twitter.com/6dwV3sHHbS
— Arifeen Bokhary (@Ari7782208) December 16, 2014
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