India PM condemns ‘cowardly’ attack on Pakistan school

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India PM condemns ‘cowardly’ attack on Pakistan school

ARSHAD ARBAB

(UPDATED) Indian Prime Minister calls the attack 'a senseless act of unspeakable brutality'

NEW DELHI, India (UPDATED) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned a “cowardly” attack by Taliban militants Tuesday, December 16, on an army-run school in neighboring Pakistan that killed at least 130 people – most of them children.

Modi branded the attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar “a senseless act of unspeakable brutality” and said India shares rival Pakistan’s pain.

“Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar,” Modi tweeted.

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

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

Home Minister Rajnath Singh earlier said the attack, one of the bloodiest in Pakistan in recent years, exposed the “real face of terrorism”.

“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a school at Peshawar,” he tweeted.

“This dastardly and inhuman attack exposes the real face of terrorism. My heart goes out to the families of those children who got killed by the terrorists in Peshawar.”

Witnesses described how gunmen went from classroom to classroom, shooting children, after a huge blast shook the Army Public School.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack as retaliation for a major military offensive in the region, saying militants had been ordered to shoot older students.

India has repeatedly urged Pakistan to rein in militant groups operating on its soil.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947, and deadly attacks on Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants dealt a blow to tentative peace talks in 2008.

Washington has also pressed Islamabad to wipe out sanctuaries in North Waziristan, which militants have used to launch attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan. – Rappler.com

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