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December 17, 2014

Death Toll from Taliban Attack on Pakistani School Hits 145 
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The death toll from a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan,
has risen to 145, making it the deadliest single attack in the group's
history. Over an eight-hour period, a group of Taliban gunmen killed 132
schoolchildren, 10 staff and three soldiers. The Taliban has said it
carried out the killings in retaliation for Pakistani military attacks
on Taliban families in North Waziristan. Secretary of State John Kerry
condemned the school massacre.

John Kerry: "The images are absolutely gut-wrenching—young children
carried away in ambulances, a teacher burned alive in front of the
students, a house of learning turned into a house of unspeakable horror.
And Prime Minister (Nawaz) Sharif said, 'These are my children, and it
is my loss.' Well, this morning, wherever you live, wherever you are,
those are our children, and this is the world's loss."

We'll have more on the attack after headlines.

 

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