Peshawar Attack

16-12-2014
 What Happened ?
• The deadliest terrorist attack ever in the
history of Pakistan
• On December 16, a group of gunmen from the
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked an
army-run school in Peshawar, northwestern
Pakistan
• Over 140 people, including at least 132
children, have been killed and more than 100
were injured in the attack
 How it Happened
• The terrorists began their attack at 11 am local
time (6 am GMT) and entered through a
graveyard behind the school.
• Successive explosions were reportedly heard,
followed by firing from automatic weapons.
• Then gunmen were asked to kill older children
and release younger ones.
• Students who were trapped had to run past
the dead bodies of friends and classmates as
they escaped.

• One of the student said, “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”.
• Children were forced to watch their teachers
burn alive including the principal Tahira Kazi,
being burned alive before them.

• Students and other staffs were soon taken to

Peshawar hospital. They said the hospital was
flooded with blood and tears.
School Auditorium after the attack
At the premises of school
Injured Child
That fear and innocence in the face
What was her fault ?
 Aim of the Attack
• The Talibans targeted the innocents because they
were the children of Army officers.
• One of the spokesperson of Taliban said that that "we
targeted the school because the Army targets our
families. We want them to feel our pain.”
• The attack was a revenge for Operation Zarb-e-Azb,
the Pakistani military's military offensive in North
Waziristan that started in summer 2014.
• The attack is believed to have been in retaliation for
Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize
 Reactions from the World
• The world received a shock after this heinous
incident .
• Where has the humanity gone?
• Why involve school and children in the war?
• What was the fault of those innocent lives ?
• All the high ranked officials of the world
supported Pakistan and were against this
attack, revolting and encouraging people to
fight back .
Families mourning the death
May the departed soul Rest in Peace
THANK YOU