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Turkey declares national mourning over Taliban carnage in Pakistan
Turkey has declared a day of national mourning after Taliban insurgents killed at least 141 people, almost all of them children, by storming an army-run school on Dec. 16, in Pakistan's bloodiest ever terror attack.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced the declaration of national mourning during a joint conference in Ankara with his visiting counterpart from Chad.
Death toll in Pakistan school attack passes 100: officials
A Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Dec. 16 has left more than 100 people dead, most of them students, officials said.
Senior provincial minister Inayatullah told AFP at least 104 bodies had been taken to two hospitals in Peshawar, the northwestern city where the attack took place.
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.