A school in Pakistan was stormed by Taliban gunman today, killed over 140 students and injuring many more. Early reports state that the attack took a total of nine hours before the school was secured by the army.
Some photos from the ground. More photos to come.
A Pakistani man comforts a student standing at the bedside of a boy who was injured in a Taliban attack on a school, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 100, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in over a year.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
People who survived a Taliban attack on a school receive treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 100 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
People look at lists of attack victims displayed at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban attack on a school that killed more than 100 people. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai issued a statement in response to the attack: “I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us. Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this.” (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair, center, comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother who was a teacher at the school which was attacked by Taliban, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 100, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)