Taliban storms Pakistan school
An army soldier stands inside the Army Public School, which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, December 17, 2014.
Taliban gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials said.
Funerals for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in the Taliban massacre, were held on Wednesday.
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An army soldier inspects the Army Public School, which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, December 17, 2014.
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Chairs are upturned and blood stains the floor at the Army Public School auditorium the day after Taliban gunmen stormed the school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
Funerals for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in the Taliban massacre, were held on Wednesday.
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A boy stands where people said Taliban gunmen burnt a car to block a road outside the Army Public School, which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, December 17, 2014.
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A mother mourns her son Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at her house in Peshawar, December 16, 2014.
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People light candles in memory of victims of the Taliban attack on the Army Public School, during a rally in Peshawar, December 17, 2014.
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Pakistani civil society members take part in a candle light vigil for the victims of a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Dec. 16, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing more than 130 people, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in years.
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Pakistani journalists and civil society members hold a candle light vigil for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Pakistani men carry an injured school girl to a hospital following an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Dec. 16, 2014.
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People attend funeral of a student killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for 141 people, most of them children, killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest. A three-day official mourning period started Wednesday, a day after seven Taliban gunmen, explosives strapped to their bodies, stormed the army public school in the city of Peshawar.
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Pakistani relatives move the coffin of a student from a hospital following an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 16, 2014.
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The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair, center, comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother who was a teacher at the school which was attacked by Taliban, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
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A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack are being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Pakistani soldiers take position in an armored vehicle near the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
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A Pakistani man comforts a student standing at the bedside of a boy who was injured in a Taliban attack on a school, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in over a year.
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Pakistani parents escort their children outside a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.
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A Pakistani soldier takes up a position above a road near a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, December 16, 2014.
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Hospital security guards carry a students injured in the shootout at a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Pakistani security forces drive on a road leading to the Army Public School, which is under attack from Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, Dec.16, 2014.
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Relatives of a student, who was injured during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, comfort each other outside Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Schoolchildren cross a road as they move away from a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Dec. 16, 2014.
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A soldier escorts schoolchildren from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, December 16, 2014.