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2014Peshawarschoolattack

Coordinates:340049N713210E

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On16December2014,sevengunmenbelongingtothe
TehrikiTalibanPakistan(TTP)[7][8]enteredanArmy
PublicSchoolinthePakistanicityofPeshawarand
beganattackingtheschoolstaffandstudents.[9]The
deathtollisreportedtobeof141people,[7][8][10][11]132
ofwhichwerechildrenbetweentheagesof10and18
years,andtheremainingninewerestaff
members.[8][12][13]Atleast114peoplehavebeen
reportedtobeinjured[6]andadmittedtotheCombined
MilitaryandLadyReadingHospitalsofthecity.[7][14]
Morethan950studentsandstaffwererescuedbythe
army.[15]Theoperationendedafterallsevenofthe
terroristswerekilledearlyTuesdayevening.[16]

2014PeshawarArmySchoolAttack

Thiswastheworstterroristattackevertooccurin
Pakistan,surpassingthe2007Karachibombing.[17]

Contents
1Background
2Attack
3Responsibility
4Reaction
4.1Domestic

Locationoftheattack:ArmyPublicSchoolis
locatedinthecentre
Location

4.2International
4.3Intergovernmentagencies

TheArmyPublicSchool,Warsak
Road,Peshawar,Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

5Seealso

Coordinates 340049N713210E

6References

Date

16December2014
11:00am PST[1]19:56pm PST[2]
(UTC+05:00)

Background
TheArmyPublicSchoolislocatedatWarsakRoadnear
Cantonment,Peshawar,andispartofArmyPublic
Schools&CollegesSystemthatruns146schoolsin
Pakistan.[3]
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Target

Studentsandschoolstaff

Attacktype Suicidebombing, [3] spreekilling,


hostagetaking,schoolshooting
Deaths

154 (includesperpetrators)[4][5]

Nonfatal
injuries

114[6]
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SinceJune2014,ajointmilitaryoffensiveisbeing
Perpetrators 9membersofTehrikiTaliban
conductedbyPakistanisecurityforcesagainstvarious
Pakistan[5]
militantgroupsinNorthWaziristanwhichhasbeenthe
siteofawaveofmilitantviolence.Theoperationwas
Motive
retaliationforOperationZarbeAzb
launchedinthewakeofthe8JuneattackonJinnah
InternationalAirportinKarachi,forwhichtheTTPclaimedresponsibility.Itispartoftheongoingwarin
NorthWestPakistaninwhichmorethan1200militantshavebeenkilledsofar[18]andalmost90%ofNorth
Waziristanhasbeencleared.[19]

Attack
Theattackbeganataroundnoonwhensevengunmen,[3]dressedinuniformsofthePakistaniFrontier
Corps,[7]enteredtheschoolfromthebackthroughacemeteryadjacenttotheschool,[7]afterscalingits
walls.Beforeenteringtheschoolthegunmensetfiretothevehicleinwhichtheyarrivedandthenopened
fireindiscriminatelyusingautomaticweapons[1]inthecentralauditoriumoftheschool,wherechildren
weregatheredforaschoolfunction.[7][20]
Sevengunmenwerekilledbythesecurityforcesafterclearingtheschool.Thesecurityforcessloweddown
theoperationduetotheriskofIEDsplantedbythegunmenwithintheschoolpremises.[1]

Responsibility
ThespokespersonofTehrikiTalibanPakistan,MohammadOmarKhorasani,tooktheresponsibilityfor
theattackandsaiditwasrevengeforOperationZarbeAzb,thePakistaniarmy'soffensiveinNorth
Waziristanstartedinsummer2014.[20]HesaidthatTTPwantsthearmytofeeltheirpainastheyhave
killedtheirfamiliesandwomen.[21]
Oursixfighterssuccessfullyenteredthearmyschoolandwearegivingtheminstructionsfromoutside,
theTalibanspokesman,MuhammadKhorasanisaidbyphone.[22]

Reaction
Domestic
ThePrimeMinisterofPakistanNawazSharifhascondemnedthe
attackcallingitanationaltragedyandhasleftforPeshawarto
monitortheoperation[20][21]heannouncedathreedaymourning
periodduringwhichthenationalflagwillflyathalfmast.[24]
ThePresidentofPakistan,MamnoonHussain,hascondemnedthe
attack,saying"suchcowardlyattackscannotdeterthemoraleand
resolveofthenation".[25]

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Thesearemychildren
anditismyloss.[23]

NawazSharif,PrimeMinisterof
Pakistan

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MuttahidaQaumiMovementleaderAltafHussain,PakistanTehreekeInsafleaderImranKhanand
PakistanAwamiTehrikleaderTahirulQadrihavecondemnedtheattack.[20]
NobelPeacePrizewinnerMalalaYousafzaihascondemnedtheattack,sayinginastatement"Iam
heartbrokenbythissenselessandcoldbloodedactofterrorinPeshawarthatisunfoldingbeforeus".[26]
TheAfghanTalibanalsocondemnthisattackcallingitunislamic.

International
AfghanistanPresidentAshrafGhanicondemnedtheattackandsaid"Thekillingofinnocent
childreniscontrarytoIslam."[27]
BangladeshPrimeMinisterSheikhHasinainastatementsaid"Peopleacrosstheworldare
stunnedandshockedbythisbarbaricandheinousmassacre."[28]
CanadaForeignAffairsMinisterJohnBairdinapressconferencesaid"Hewassickenedto
learnmilitantshadgunneddownmorethan120people.Canadaunequivocallycondemnsthis
heinousact."[29]
ChinaForeignMinistryspokesmanQinGanginastatementsaid"Wearedeeplyshockedand
grievedbytheattackandcondemninthestrongesttermstheterrorists.Chinawillcontinuetofirmly
supporttheunremittingPakistanieffortstofightterrorism,safeguardnationalstabilityandsave
people'slives."[30]ChinasAmbassadortoPakistanSunWeidongcondemnedtheattackand
reiterated"Chinesecooperationandfirmsupportforeliminatingthemenaceofterrorismfromthe
country."[31]
FrancePresidentFranoisHollandeinastatementcondemnedtheattacksaying"Nowordscan
expresstheignominyofsuchanattackagainstchildrenintheirschoolandthatFrancesupportedthe
governmentofPakistanintheirfightagainstterrorism"andexpressedsolidaritywiththevictimsand
theirparents."[32]
GermanyForeignMinisterFrankWalterSteinmeierinastatementcondemnedtheattack
saying"WemournwiththepeopleofPakistan,thevictimsofthisbloodyterroristattack.Ourheart
goesouttothefamiliesofthevictims".[33]
IndiaPrimeMinisterNarendraModicondemnedtheattack.Itisasenselessactof
unspeakablebrutalitythathasclaimedlivesofthemostinnocentofhumanbeingsyoungchildren
intheirschool.ModisaidonhisTwitteraccount.Myheartgoesouttoeveryonewholosttheir
lovedonestoday.Wesharetheirpain&offerourdeepestcondolences.[34]PresidentPranab
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Mukherjeeinamessagesaid"Suchheinousactsareagainstalltenetsofhumanity.Theyarenothing
butamanifestationoftheextremeevilthatterroristsarecapableof.Theworldcommunitymustunite
andredoubleeffortstorootoutterrorsfromeverycountryandsociety."[35]MinisterforHomeAffairs
RajnathSinghissuedastatementtoexpresshiscondolencetothefamiliesandsaid"Istrongly
condemntheterroristattackonaschoolatPeshawar(Pakistan).Thisdastardlyandinhumanattack
exposestherealfaceofterrorism.Myheartgoesouttothefamiliesofthosechildrenwhowerekilled
bytheterroristsinPeshawar."[36]ForeignMinistryspokesmanSyedAkbaruddintweeted""We
condemnthehorrificattackoninnocentschoolchildreninPeshawar."Ourheartsgoouttothegrief
strickenfamiliesoftheinnocentchildrenkilled&injuredinthisbarbaricattackinPeshawar.Feeling
ofdeeprevulsion&horroraboutthisterrorattackagainstinnocentchildren."[37]
ChiefMinisterofJammuandKashmirOmarAbdullahinatweetsaid"Inhumanand"barbaricwords
werenotenoughtodescribetheperpetrators.Whatterrible,heartbreakingimagesoftheattackin
#Peshawar.Inhumanandbarbaricdon'tevenbegintodescribetheperpetrators."[38]FinanceMinister
ArunJaitley,MinisterofDefence(India)ManoharParrikar,ChiefMinisterofMadhyaPradesh
ShivrajSinghChouhan,ChiefMinisterofRajasthanVasundharaRaje,andChiefMinisterofGujarat
AnandibenPatelalsocondemnedtheattackandofferedcondolences.[39]
IranForeignMinistryspokeswomanMarziyehAfkhaminapressconferencesaidThisisa
totallyunIslamicandinhumaneaction,addingthatterrorism,extremismandputtinginnocent
peopleslivesatriskinanyformandwithanypurposearereprehensible.Afkhamfurthersaid
cooperationamongtheregionalcountriesandtheworldcommunityisnecessaryinordertofight
terrorismandextremism.[40]
ItalyPrimeMinisterMatteoRenzicondemnedtheattackonhisTwitteraccount,saying
"Killingchildrenatschoolisaninconceivablehorror,theworldmustreacttothisviolence."[41]
NepalMinistryofForeignAffairsissuedapressreleasesaying"Atthishourofgrief,the
governmentofNepalextendsheartfeltcondolencesandsympathiestothegovernmentoftheIslamic
RepublicofPakistanandthroughthemtothebereavedfamiliesandpraysforthespeedyrecoveryof
thoseinjured."[42]
PhilippinesPresidentBenignoAquinoinastatementcondemnedtheattackedandsaid"Today,
wejointheworldincondemningtheoutrageperpetratedoninnocentschoolchildren,andschool
officialsandpersonnelinPeshawar,Pakistan.Inthismomentofgriefandsadnessforthepeopleof
Pakistan,theFilipinopeopleareonewiththeminmourning.Today,everypersonofgoodwillisa
father,mother,brother,andsistertothepeopleofPakistan.[43]
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SouthAfricaDepartmentofInternationalRelationsandCooperationspokesmanClayson
Monyelainapressreleasecondemntheattacksaying"TheSouthAfricanGovernmenthastoday...
joinedtheinternationalcommunityincondemninginthestrongestpossibletermstheinhumaneand
barbaricterroristattackagainstaschoolinthecityofPeshawar."[44]
SpainPresidentoftheGovernmentMarianoRajoysentcondolencestoPrimeMinisterof
PakistaninthenameoftheSpanishpeople:"Icannotimagineamoredisgustingterroristactagainst
humandignity.Mycountryhasalsoknownthepainofterrorismandviolence.Therefore,youcan
countonthestrongcommitmentofSpainincombatingthisscourge."[45]
SriLankaPresidentMahindaRajapaksacondemnedtheattack."Horrifiedtolearnofthe
Peshawarterroristattack.Targetingofchildrenismostcowardice.Ourthoughts&prayersarewith
Pakistan."RajapaksasaidonhisTwitteraccount.[46]
TurkeyPrimeMinisterAhmetDavutoluinapressconferenceannouncedadayofnational
mourninginTurkey.[47]
UnitedKingdomBritishPrimeMinisterDavidCameroncondemnedtheattackandexpressed
deepshockatthetragedy."ThenewsfromPakistanisdeeplyshocking.It'shorrifyingthatchildren
arebeingkilledsimplyforgoingtoschool."CameronsaidonhisTwitteraccount.[48]FormerPrime
MinisterGordonBrownandleaderofLabourPartyEdMillibandcondemnedtheattack.[49]
UnitedStatesPresidentBarackObamainastatementsaid"TheUnitedStatescondemnsinthe
strongestpossibletermstoday'shorrificattack..."[50]USAmbassadortoPakistanRichardOlson
condemnedtheattackinastatement,saying"TheUnitedStatesstronglycondemnssenselessand
inhumaneattacksoninnocentstudentsandeducators,andstandsinsolidaritywiththepeopleof
Pakistan,andallwhofightthemenaceofterrorism."[51]SecretaryofStateJohnKerrysaid"the
perpetratorsofthisactofterrormustbebroughttojustice."[52]

Intergovernmentagencies
EuropeanUnionFedericaMogherinitheHighRepresentativeoftheUnionforForeignAffairs
andSecurityPolicyinastatementcondemnedtheattacksaying"Iwishtoexpressmyheartfelt
condolencestothefamiliesofthevictimsandmysupporttothepeopleandtheauthoritiesof
Pakistanonthistragicday."
OrganizationoftheIslamicConferenceSecretarygeneralIyadbinAminMadaniissuedapress
releasecondemningtheattack.[53]
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UnitedNationsSecretaryGeneralBanKimooncondemnedtheattacksaying"Anactof
horrorandrankcowardicetoattackdefenselesschildrenwhiletheylearn.Nocausecanjustifysuch
brutality.Nogrievancecanexcusesuchhorror.Gettinganeducationiseverychild'sright.Goingto
schoolshouldnothavetobeanactofbravery."[54]UnitedNationsrepresentativeinPakistanTimo
Pakkalainastatementsaiditis"appalledbythisactofcrueltyandbrutality.Attackingchildrenand
childrenseducationisadisregardofthemostfundamentalprinciplesofhumanityandwereaffirm
ourstrongestcommitmenttoprotectingchildrensrights."[55]PrinceZeidbinRa'adUnitedNations
HighCommissionerforHumanRightssaid"Nowhereintheworldshoulditbeanactofbraveryfor
achildtoattendschool.Yet,inpartsofPakistan,AfghanistanandNigeriasimplyshowingupat
schooltakestremendouscourageanddetermination.Inrecentyears,mystaffhavebeenreceiving
increasingfrequentreportsinthesethreecountriesofschoolsbeingdestroyedorclosedbecauseof
militants'threats,andofschoolchildrenespeciallygirlsbeingkidnapped,shot,attackedwithacid
orpoisonedbygroupswhoseideologybearsnoresemblancetoanyreligionoranyculturalnorm."[56]
DavidGriffiths,DeputyDirectorforAmnestyInternationalAsiaPacificsaid"Therecanbe
absolutelynojustificationfortargetingchildreninthisway.ThisunconscionableTalibanattackisa
gravereminderthatciviliansinnorthwestPakistandesperatelyneedeffectiveprotectionfrom
militantgroups."[57]

Seealso
WarinNorthWestPakistan
Listofhostagecrises
Schoolshooting
BeslanschoolhostagecrisisAverysimilarattacktookplaceinBeslan,Russiain2004.

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