2014 Peshawar school massacre

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]

2014 Peshawar School Massacre Media

References

  1. "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.
  2. Peshawar school attack: Over 10 killed in Pakistani Taliban attack, hundreds of students hostage. 16 December 2014. http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-live-pakistan-school-siege-terrorists-hold-at-least-500-students-hostage-3-dead-28-injured-2044341. Retrieved 16 December 2014. 
  3. Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead. BBC. 16 December 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435. Retrieved 14 November 2015. 
  4. "More than 100 children killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan school". The Guardian. 16 December 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/taliban-attack-army-public-school-pakistan-peshawar. Retrieved 14 November 2015. 
  5. Peshawar school attack: Pakistan authorities claim all Taliban attackers are dead. http://tribune.com.pk/story/807564/gunmen-target-school-in-peshawar/. Retrieved 16 December 2014. 
  6. Ali, Zulfiqar (16 December 2014). "Taliban kills at least 10 people in attack on Pakistan military school". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/world/afghanistan-pakistan/la-fg-pakistan-taliban-attack-20141216-story.html. Retrieved 16 December 2014.