At least 126 people, including around 100 children, died after Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the worst ever militant attack to hit the troubled region. It was reported that one suicide bomber blew himself up in a room containing 60 children. The attack started with the gunmen entering the 500-pupil school – which has students in grades 1 to 10, thought to be ages 5 to 14 – in the early hours. The jihadists went from classroom to classroom, shooting at random. Army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen. Eye-witnesses described how students cowered under desks as dead bodies were strewn along corridors. Around 160 children, aged 13 and 14, are being held hostage, with four gunmen still inside.
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