Taliban militants stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar in broad daylight in a latest major offensive after military operation currently underway. Five or six militants wearing military uniforms have entered the Army Public School in the city of Peshawar, a source at the school told AFP.The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the gunmen had been ordered to shoot older students but not children. TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani told AFP there were six attackers. “They include target killers and suicide attackers. They have been ordered to shoot the older students but not the children,” he said. “There has been an incident of firing at Army Public School in Peshawar. Troops have cordoned off the area and (are) searching for the militants,” a senior military official told AFP. (AFP)

According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the process of evocation process being underway. Cordon was laid around the school and search and clean operation in underway, he added. According to police sources, security forces gunned down two attackers so far. An eyewitness told to media that he saw six or seven people walking class-to-class and opening fire on children. Another student said that attackers were speaking Arabic language. Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Health Minister Sharam Tarakzai, Senior Minister Inayatullah and others leadership vivisted Lady Reading Hospital and ensured excellent treatment to inquire health of Injured students. Information Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mushtaq Ghani appealed to public for blood donations. The school on Peshawar's Warsak Road is part of the Army Public Schools and Colleges System, which runs 146 schools nationwide for the children of military personnel and civilians. Its students range in age from around 10 to 18.