terrorism// December 16 saw a dark day in human history. Eleven militants of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. They entered the school and opened fire on school staff and children, killing 150 people, including 132 school children, ranging between eight and eighteen years of age.

A report, prepared by Anti Terrorism Squad and police, said only seven militants out of the 11 went inside the school campus while four stayed outside to assist them.

The terrorists began the bloodbath in the school with a suicide blast followed by lethal firing on children, it said.

The four attackers outside the school campus remained there throughout the day and assisted those inside. They eventually managed to escape the scene, according to the report.

The report said the 11 militants were brought to Peshawar early morning on December 16 from Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency to carry out the deadly attack on Army Public School (APS) that killed 150 people, most of them children.

The terrorists entered Peshawar district through Ghundi Camp, a camp for Afghan refugees, situated behind the APS.

The report added that the militants spent the night before the attack at a nearby mosque and used a ladder to jump into the school building.