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Carnage as Taliban storm Pakistan school, kill 130

– ‘National tragedy’ –

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif described the attack as a “national tragedy unleashed by savages”.

“These were my children. This is my loss. This is the nation’s loss,” he said.

Provincial information minister Mushtaq Ghani told AFP the death toll had reached 130, with a similar number wounded. The toll was confirmed by another provincial minister.

Provincial chief minister Pervez Khattak said the attackers were wearing uniforms of the government paramilitary Frontier Corps. READ: At least 17 children among 20 killed in Taliban attack in Pakistan.

Mudassar Abbas, a physics laboratory assistant at the school, said some students were celebrating at a party when the attack began.

“I saw six or seven people walking class-to-class and opening fire on children,” he said.

One student said soldiers came to rescue them during a lull in the firing.

“When we were coming out of the class we saw dead bodies of our friends lying in the corridors. They were bleeding. Some were shot three times, some four times,” the student said.

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“The men entered the rooms one by one and started indiscriminate firing at the staff and students.”

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