Posing arrogantly in front of a Taliban banner, they are the men who took pride in setting off to murder more than 140 people in Peshawar on Tuesday, of which 132 were school students
On Wednesday, the Pakistan Taliban released photographs of the six men who carried out the massacre. The pictures were taken in the hours before the attack and also carried a threat of future attacks from the Taliban.
In an email a day after the attack, the terror group warned Muslims to avoid any place with military ties. The reason, they said, was to avenge the deaths of children in tribal areas. They tried to justify their murders by saying that the Pakistani army has previously killed dozens of innocent children and families of Taliban fighters. "We are still able to carry out major attacks," the Taliban's spokesperson sad. "This was just the trailer."
On Wednesday, social media also saw an outpouring of grief as Pakistanis shared pictures and stories about the victims. The Peshawar, an education portal, began to collect pictures of the murdered students. Here are some of them.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan Taliban released photographs of the six men who carried out the massacre. The pictures were taken in the hours before the attack and also carried a threat of future attacks from the Taliban.
In an email a day after the attack, the terror group warned Muslims to avoid any place with military ties. The reason, they said, was to avenge the deaths of children in tribal areas. They tried to justify their murders by saying that the Pakistani army has previously killed dozens of innocent children and families of Taliban fighters. "We are still able to carry out major attacks," the Taliban's spokesperson sad. "This was just the trailer."
On Wednesday, social media also saw an outpouring of grief as Pakistanis shared pictures and stories about the victims. The Peshawar, an education portal, began to collect pictures of the murdered students. Here are some of them.
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