At least 95 killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan school: officials

At least 95 people including 82 children were killed Tuesday when Taliban militants stormed an army-run school in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar,  hospital officials said.
      
The Lady Reading hospital received 26 bodies including 23 students,  according to Jamil Shah, a spokesman.
      
A report by the Combined Military Hospital seen by AFP said the bodies of 69 non-militants were there, including 59 students.

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.
      
"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.
     
The attack comes as the Pakistani military wages a major offensive against Taliban and other militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan.
      
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.