Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. The attack began in the morning hours, with the gunmen entering the school – which has students in grades 1 to 10 – and shooting at random, said police officer Javed Khan. Army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen, he said.
![A Pakistani girl, who was injured in a Taliban attack in a school, is rushed to a 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 highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/H7AGHFPUYLNO3ZSBUPEETL2EQU.jpg?smart=true&auth=c19674b14b44b350660175ee6e09b12ce1f6bf383c4921841d331f9f5647090e&width=400&height=225)
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![A Pakistani soldier stands near the debris of a house which was destroyed during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan in this July 9, 2014 file photo. “It’s a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan,” Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters following the attack at a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Maqsood Mehdi / Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/E4RASHUCUM4WCWQ5OPKFTS23FQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=cd39083ac8d95c5d3c0294b7a24a66e5e14e6f6b7d0bb800640d98312e4ceb3c&width=400&height=225)
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Pakistan Taliban attack army-run school - in pictures
Rob Gurdebeke
December 16, 2014
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