Pakistan: 126 killed, 122 injured in Taliban attack on school

More than 100 of the dead were school children, says director of information for Chief Minister's Secretariat

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Peshawar: At least 126 people were killed and 122 injured on Tuesday in an attack by Taliban militants on a Pakistani high school, a provincial official said.

"It may rise," said Bahramand Khan, director of information for the Chief Minister's Secretariat.

He said more than 100 of the dead were school children.

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