Taliban gunmen have killed 126 people, including at least 100 children, and are still holding many hostage in a school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The militants say they targeted the school because the army targets their families and they "want them to feel our pain".
Six men stormed the army-run school, according to military officials, and soldiers surrounded the building.
Around 500 children and teachers were believed to be inside, with many students taken to local hospitals in a critical condition. At least 122 people have been injured in the siege.
Provincial health minister Shahram Khan told Sky News that a female teacher and soldier were also among the dead.
One of the wounded students, Abdullah Jamal, said that he was with a group of 8th, 9th and 10th graders who were getting first-aid instructions and training with a team of Pakistani army medics when the violence began for real.
When the shooting started, Jamal, who was shot in the leg, said nobody knew what was going on in the first few seconds.
"Then I saw children falling down who were crying and screaming. I also fell down. I learned later that I have got a bullet," he said, speaking from his hospital bed.
"All the children had bullet wounds. All the children were bleeding," Jamal added..
A Taliban spokesman told the Reuters news agency the attack was "revenge" for an army offensive against the group in North Waziristan.
"Our suicide bombers have entered the school, they have instructions not to harm the children, but to target the army personnel," he said.
You'd think that even the nastiest of people on this planet would make an exception for children, you know? School shootings in America and outside of America... I can't' believe people are that demented.
RIP
. The ****. **** YOU Taliban. **** you. 
