India condemns Taliban attack in Pakistan school

Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 16, 2014

It is a senseless act of unspeakable brutality that has claimed lives of the most innocent of human beings – young children in their school.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 16, 2014

My heart goes out to everyone who lost their loved ones today. We share their pain & offer our deepest condolences.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 16, 2014

Home Minister Rajnath Singh also condemned the terrorist strike saying the inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism.

Expressing his condolence to the families of the terror attack victims, the Home Minister said his heart goes out to the families of those children who were killed by the terrorists in Peshawar.

My heart goes out to the families of those children who got killed by the terrorists in Peshwar. I express my condolences to those families

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 16, 2014

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a school at Peshwar(Pakistan). This dastardly & inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism

— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) December 16, 2014

Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin too reacted on the micro blogging site writing, “We condemn horrific attack on innocent school children in Peshawar.

Our hearts go out to the grief stricken families of the innocent children killed & injured in this barbaric attack in Peshawar.

— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) December 16, 2014

Congress leader Sanjay Jha was aghast with the brutal killing of the school children as he wrote “84 children killed by the Pakistan Taliban! So many lives devastated forever, the nightmares that will never end. Biggest fear; what next?”

84 children killed by the Pakistan Taliban! So many lives devastated forever, the nightmares that will never end. Biggest fear; what next?

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) December 16, 2014

Who R these people actually. Where r they from,their families,their upbringing,their faces,what can drive them to kill children.

PM: The news from Pakistan is deeply shocking. It’s horrifying that children are being killed simply for going to school.

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) December 16, 2014

PM: The news from Pakistan is deeply shocking. It’s horrifying that children are being killed simply for going to school.

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) December 16, 2014

At least 84 students were among more than 100 people killed when heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Pakistan’s volatile Peshawar city and opened indiscriminate fire on them.