At least 84 people have died in an attack
by Pakistani Taliban fighters on a military- run
school in Peshawar in Pakistan ' s northwest ,
according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa' s top official .
Pervez Khattak , the region ' s chief minister, told
local media that Peshawar ' s Lady Reading
Hospital had taken 24 of the dead, while the
Combine Military Hospital had taken at least 60.
More than 83 people were injured , Khattak said ,
when the fighters stormed the Army Public School
on Tuesday morning .
Army chief en route from Quetta to Peshawar , as
rescue operation continues , confirms
@ AsimBajwaISPR
A spokesman for a faction of the Tehreek- e -
Taliban Pakistan (TTP ) , or Pakistani Taliban , said
the attackers had been ordered to shoot older
students during the raid that started on Tuesday
morning.
Shaukat Yousafzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's health
minister, said a school function had been going on
in the senior section of the school when an
explosion went off .
"The matter has largely come under control now .
The operation is now complete on the students
side, and has moved to the administration block of
the school , " he said .
"There are no negotiations ongoing at the moment,
there is a security forces operation ongoing .
"They have been cleared from the junior section.
The explosion occurred in the senior section where
there was a [ school ] function ongoing .
"This is a very saddening event, and these are our
children, the children of Pakistan . By killing these
children, I am not sure what service these
terrorists have done to Islam
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