2014 Peshawar school massacre
terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar
On 16 December 2014, a mass shooting occurred in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Six gunmen of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked the city's Army Public School.[1] The gunmen went into the school and shot school staff and children,[2] killing 149 people including 132 schoolchildren. The schoolchildren were between the ages of eight and eighteen. It is the world's fourth deadliest school shooting.[3][4] The six gunmen were killed by special forces in Pakistan and they rescued 960 people.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ "Three years after 140 died in the Peshawar school massacre, what has changed?". Independent, UK. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ↑ "Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage". DNA India. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead". BBC. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "More than 100 children killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan school". The Guardian. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "Peshawar school attack: Pakistan authorities claim all Taliban attackers are dead". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ Ali, Zulfiqar (16 December 2014). "Taliban kills at least 10 people in attack on Pakistan military school". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
