Man Behind Peshawar Killings. December 16th, 2014, 11:51 PM IST The Tuesday's (Dec 16, 2014) Peshawar school rampage, which claimed the lives of over 141 people, including 132 students and 9 staff, has trembled the world and sit back and take notice of the terrorist group behind the mass massacre.
Taliban storm Pakistan school: Pictures emerge of Taliban suicide squad. Video will play in Play now Don't auto play Never auto play Horrifying pictures have emerged showing the Taliban gun squad who slaughtered 132 innocent children as it was revealed the terror group is planning more attacks at schools in Pakistan.
Released by the terror group's spokesman Mohammad Khurasani, the photographs show six heavily armed men posing in front of a white Islamic banner shortly before the attack in Peshawar. In an email released yesterday, Khurasani attempted to justify the attack by claiming that said the Pakistani army has long killed the innocent children and families of Taliban fighters. Overturned chairs and bloodstains on the floor marked where the Taliban carried out their slaughter of the children. He vowed more such militant attacks and told Pakistani civilians to detach themselves from all military institution, adding: 'We are still able to carry out major attacks. Several photographs of the murders were released by the Pakistani Taliban this morning. . - Daily Mail. Kids Shot Point Blank One by One in Pakistan School Massacre. Syed Basit Naqvi was sitting at his desk when the principal at his army-run school in Pakistan rushed into the classroom and shouted for the guard to lock the door.
As he did, three militants stormed in and started shooting. The guard dropped dead first, followed by other students hit by indiscriminate gunfire. The attackers then lined up the remaining schoolboys and started shooting them in the head one by one at point blank range. When they came to Naqvi, he ducked his head, a move that saved his life. “The bullet slightly hit my head and I deliberately fell down,” Naqvi, 13, said Dec. 16 at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, the northwestern city where the attack took place earlier that day. Peshawar school massacre: 'This is Pakistan's 9/11 – now is the time to act'
“This horrible act of terrorism has changed me completely.
I don’t have even a bit of mercy for any kind of terrorist in any part of the world,” says Khan from Peshawar in north-west Pakistan, where the Taliban attacked an army-run school on Tuesday, killing 141 people including 132 children. “I had always despised the Taliban but I had a soft corner for the religious parties who take part in politics and those so-called Islamic schools,” said Khan. “But after this unbelievable day they lost all kind of sympathy that I had for them.”
As the Guardian’s South Asia correspondent Jason Burke explained: The school in Peshawar is a blunt reminder that the Middle East does not have a monopoly on Islamic militant violence. We asked people in Pakistan to tell us how the mood in their country has changed since Tuesday’s attack, and what hopes they have for a stable future. Malala bursts into tears seeing her blood-stained uniform. The sight of blood-spattered school uniform she was wearing the day the Taliban shot her, made Pakistan's teen Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai burst into tears, prompting fellow awardee India's Kailash Satyarthi to comfort her saying "you are so brave".
The blue tunic, white headscarf and white trousers, stained brown by dried blood, are on display at an exhibition dedicated to the 17-year-old education campaigner and her fellow 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, which the activists jointly inaugurated in the Norwegian capital. As she was touring the exhibition yesterday, the sight of her blood-soaked school uniform, which were displayed in a glass case, made the global teen icon burst into tears, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. Satyarthi, 60, comforted her with a hug and a kiss on her head.
"You are so brave, you are so brave," he told her. This is the first time Malala's uniform is being shown in public. Malala Fund Cofounder Shiza Shahid on How Malala Yousafzai Is Changing the World. Ever since Malala Fund cofounder Shiza Shahid was a little girl, she’s wanted to make a difference.
Born in Pakistan, Shahid, 25, was at Stanford University in California in 2009 when she saw teen crusader Malala Yousafzai on YouTube, reached out, and became her friend. That summer she organized a leadership camp for Malala and 27 of her classmates in Islamabad. Afterwards, the like-minded activists stayed in touch. When Malala was nearly killed in a Taliban attack in 2012, Shahid flew to her bedside.
Recently Shahid was honored with a Young Leaders Now Award from the Resolution Project, which aims to support young entrepreneurs and leaders with fellowships, mentorship opportunities, and more. Shahid is a talented, inspiring young woman and activist who has brought awareness to a very important issue. Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Pakistan. How did you meet Malala? I first became close to Malala and her father when I was a sophomore in college.
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