Journalism of Courage
Women mourning the death of students who were killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School on December 16. (Source: Reuters)
Relatives of a victim of a victim pray around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 16. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 132, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (Source: AP)
Mourners and relatives of Pakistani teacher, Saeed Khan, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, pray around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar on December 16. (Source: AP)
People look at lists of attack victims displayed at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 16. (Source: AP)
The rampage at the Army Public School and College began in the morning when seven militants scaled a back wall using a ladder, said Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, a military spokesman. When they reached an auditorium where students had gathered for an event, they opened fire. (Source: Reuters)
Of the 141 people slain before government troops ended the assault eight hours later, 132 were children and nine were staff members. Another 121 students and three staff members were wounded. (Source: AP)
The wounded — some still wearing their green school blazers — flooded into hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children. By evening, funeral services were already being held for many of the victims as clerics announced the deaths over mosque loudspeakers. (Source: AP)
The massacre of innocent children horrified the entire country. People in groups came forward carrying out peace and protest marches. (Source: AP)
The government declared three days of mourning for what appeared to be Pakistan’s deadliest since a 2007 suicide bombing in the port city of Karachi killed 150 people. (Source: AP)
