Live Updates: Peshawar Attack Over 80 killed in School

Live updates: Peshawar Attack Over 80 killed in School - Source http://tribune.com.pk/

PESHAWAR: At least 80 people were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on a private school in Peshawar on Tuesday, Express News reported. The Army Public School is located on Warsak Road near Army Housing Colony and a medical school.

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Update:Terrorists pushed & confined to last of 4 blocks of school.4 terrorists killed so far.Search for remaining on,Clearance underway


3:44pm

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has announced to postpone the December 18 countrywide shutdown in lieu of the attack in Peshawar.

He strongly condemned the attack on the school while speaking to the media.

“There is no justification for this,” he says.

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3:40pm

India has condemned a deadly attack by Taliban militants on an army-run school in Peshawar.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the attack exposed the “real face of terrorism”.

“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a school at Peshawar,” he tweeted.

“This dastardly & inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism. My heart goes out to the families of those children who got killed by the terrorists in Peshawar.”

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3:22pm

With the tragic incident escalating, the death toll has now risen to over 120, according toExpress News.

Further, two fresh blasts have been heard from within the vicinity and firing is still going on.

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3:10pm

So far, at least 85 students have reached CMH hospital from the Government Commerce College to donate blood to the injured, according to our correspondent Umer Farooq.

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2:57pm

Jammatud Dawa’s Hafiz Saeed while speaking to Express News condemns the tragic attack on the school in Peshawar.

“This is a huge incident and is a blaitant act of terrorism,” Saeed says.

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2:47pm

Army Chief Raheel Sharif leaves for Peshawar from Quetta, while DG ISPR Asim Bajwa is already present in the city.

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2:42pm

Militant outfit TTP, which has claimed responsibility for the attack, say the school was targeted because “army targets our families.”

“We want them to feel our pain,” TTP say.

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2:38pm

There are conflicting reports on the number of deaths with Express News reporting 104 children are dead, while AFP is saying 95 people have been killed in total.

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2:34pm

PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal calls on all the leaders to put differences aside and work together to recreate the national narrative.

“We are in a state of war and we can only fight our enemies with unity,” he stresses.

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