Peace in Peshawar shattered - Taliban attacks Army Public School, kills nearly 100 students

#Peshawar Yesterday it was a one-man terror attack in Sydney and today it is a Talban attack in the Army Public school in Peshawar – reports indicate nearly 100 dead in this Peshawar school attack and most of them are innocent children who do not understand the meaning of violence.
It seems five or six militants wearing security uniforms had entered the Army Public School's auditorium, where a military team was conducting first-aid training for students. Majority of the casualties were results of a suicide blast. Many of the students were the children of military personnel and aged 16 or under.
The school is located at the edge of a military cantonment in Peshawar – it has witnessed some of the worst violence during a Taliban insurgency in recent years.
The attack was apparently to avenge army operations in which hundreds of Taliban fighters are believed to have been killed in a recent military offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area. This has been confirmed by a spokesman of the Taliban.
The officials have indicated that gunfire and explosions were heard as security forces surrounded the area and the army has confirmed that most of the school's 500 students have been evacuated. However, it is not clear how many are being held hostage in this #PakSchoolSiege.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sees this attack as a "national tragedy" and the Pakistani opposition politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan has, while condemning the attack, has labeled it as "utter barbarism".