Militants from the Pakistani Taliban
have attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, leaving at least 135 people dead,
most of them children according to BBC news.
Pakistani officials say the attack which started at about 10 am is now over, with all of the attackers
killed, although security forces are still checking for bombs.Scores of survivors are being treated in hospitals as frantic parents search for news of their children.
The attack is the deadliest ever by the Taliban in Pakistan.
There has been chaos outside hospital units to which casualties were taken.
It was reported that bodies have been carried out of hospitals in coffins, escorted by crowds of mourners, some of them visibly distraught.
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