PM, Parliament observe silence for slain Pakistan children

Both Houses of Parliament observed two minutes of silence in solidarity with people of Pakistan in the wake of the terror attack in Peshawar, tweeted the Prime Ministers' Office.

PM Modi while condemning the killings had called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday and assured him of all assistance from India. 

He said in India too schools will observe silence in memory of the dead. Accordingly, thousands of children in schools across India observed two minutes silence on Wednesday.

In a bloody carnage that left the world stunned, the Taliban terrorists in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday shot dead 141 people, including 132 school children, after storming into an Army Public School in the morning hours, officials said.

Pakistani army and police officials said besides the children, the dead included nine staff members of the school. About 124 others were wounded in the attack for which the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility.
 
Police said all the six Taliban terrorists who raided the school were killed, ending the siege by evening. Later reports said nine terrorists had raided the school.

According to media reports, the gunmen- wearing Pakistani army uniforms, first triggered a blast in the Army Public School and then they "went from classroom to classroom, shooting children."

Eye witnesses said blood spattered bodies were strewn all over and cries rented the air. Later many were rescued by the Army.  

The attack occurred at around 10 am local time. In the evening, officials said they had cleared the school of militants, killing all six of them.