In photos: Taliban attack school in Pakistan
At least 132 students and nine staff members were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest massacre the country has seen for years.
People gather at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack on a military-run school are being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan.Mohammad Sajjad/The Associated Press
Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan.Mohammad Sajjad/The Associated Press
Women mourn their relative Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at his house in Peshawar.Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
A Pakistani army soldier takes position on a bunker close to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan.Mohammad Sajjad/The Associated Press
A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack on a miltary-run school are being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan.Mohammad Sajjad/The Associated Press
Policemen stand beside empty coffins at the hospital after an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar.Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
A plainclothes security officer escorts students evacuated from a school as Taliban fighters attack another school nearby in Peshawar, Pakistan.Mohammad Sajjad/The Associated Press
Women mourn as they surround the body of their relative Osama Taher, 15, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at his house in Peshawar.Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
A man in charge of a blood bank at a local hospital refuses people insisting to donate blood for victims of a Taliban attack on a school, in Peshawar, Pakistan.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press
Pakistani parents escort their children outside a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press
Pakistani civil society members take part in a candle light vigil for the victims of a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar.Anjum Naveed/The Associated Press
Activists of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI) light candles for the victims of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar.Asif Hassan/AFP / Getty Images