Tuesday, December 15, 2015

A tribute to APS students

On 16 December 2014, seven gunmen affiliated with theTehrik-i-Taliban(TTP) conducted a terrorist attack on theArmy Public Schoolin the northwestern Pakistani city ofPeshawar. The militants, all of whom were foreign nationals, included oneChechen, threeArabsand twoAfghans. They entered the school and opened fire on school staff and children,[8][6]killing 141 people, including 132 schoolchildren, ranging between eight and eighteen years of age.[9][10]A rescue operation was launched by thePakistan Army'sSpecial Services Group(SSG) special forces, who killed all seven terrorists and rescued 960 people.[6][11][12]On 02 December, 2015 Pakistan hung four militants involved in the Peshawar massacre.[13]

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