Peshawar Taliban school attack: Eyewitness accounts: Ceremonies have been held in Pakistan to mourn the deaths of those killed in Peshawar Continue reading the main story Taliban Conflict As it happened: Pakistan school attack Rising anger against militants Who are the Taliban? Peshawar attack in pictures More than 140 people are known to have been killed after Taliban gunmen opened fire inside a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Most of those who died were children. Details are still emerging of what happened inside the school - here are a number of accounts. Shahrukh Khan - I saw death so close Shahrukh Khan, 16, told AFP news agency he ducked below a desk when gunmen entered his classroom. Speaking from Lady Reading Hospital, he said: I saw a pair of big black boots coming towards me, this guy was probably hunting for students hiding beneath the benches. He added: The man with big boots kept on looking for students and pumping bullets into the bodies... I saw death so close. He also told Reuters: One of my teachers was crying, she was shot in the hand and she was crying in pain. One terrorist then walked up to her and started shooting her until she stopped making any sound. Shahrukh was shot in both legs, and survived by playing dead. Unnamed military source - They... made the kids watch. Speaking on guarantee of anonymity, the military source told NBC: They burnt a teacher in front of the students in a classroom. They literally set the teacher on fire with gasoline and made the kids watch. Mudassir Awan - Exams were being held. Mudassir Awan told Reuters: As soon as the firing started, we ran to our classrooms. A party was being held for classes nine and 10 and so a small number of children were there. On the upper floor, exams were being held for classes 11 and 12 and the students were sitting there. I saw the attackers. There were were six or seven men. They were entering every class and they were killing the children. Students at the army-run school in Peshawar were targeted during the attack. Kashan, ninth-grade student - Firing indiscriminately. Kashan told Pakistans Express Tribune: We were sitting in the hall and a colonel was giving a lecture when we heard firing from the back. The sound of the firing kept moving closer when suddenly the door behind us was kicked down and two people started firing indiscriminately. Kashan sustained injuries to his feet, but managed to escape. Unnamed male - They shot at anyone who moved. Speaking to Pakistans Geo News, one unnamed male said: We ducked under the tables and chairs, but they shot at our heads and legs. They kept firing and coming further inside the room, but we did not move because they shot at anyone who moved. We continued to hide under the tables and chairs. Abdullah Jamal - All the children were bleeding. A student at the school, Abdullah Jamal was shot in the leg during a first-aid class. He said to Associated Press: I saw children falling down who were crying and screaming. I also fell down. I learned later that I have got a bullet. All the children had bullet wounds. All the children were bleeding.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:42:54 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015