Taliban Kills 141, Mostly Children

The first funerals are being held for the victims of a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan on Tuesday that left at least 141 people dead, most of them young students. Wearing military uniforms and strapped with explosives, seven assailants attacked the military-run facility in the northwestern city of Peshawar, shooting children and adults. Pakistani officials said 132 of the dead were students about 12 to 16 years old. Nine school staff members also died in the siege. A provincial official said more than 120 others were wounded in the assault. VOA Deewa Radio reporter Hameedullah Khan said more than 100 of the wounded were children/ Voice of America . More here . (AP photo: Relatives of Pakistani student, Baqir Ali Bangash, 13, who was killed in the Taliban attack on his school)