135 dead in Pakistan school attack

(ANSA) - Islamabad, December 16 - Tuesday's attack on a public army-run school in Peshawar ended with a final death toll of 135 people, mostly children and adolescents, Pakistani police have said.
    Security forces killed all six Taliban attackers and late in the day continued checking that "no one is left" in the building. Meanwhile, United States President Barack Obama condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the "horrific" attack, saying the terrorists had "shown their depravity" by targeting students and teachers.
    Likewise, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai, herself from Pakistan, said she was "heartbroken" by "this senseless and cold-blooded act of terror" "Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this," said Yousafzai. "I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of Pakistan whose efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable," said the 17-year-old who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 and won global acclaim for her advocacy of women's right to education.
    "I, along with millions of others around the world, mourn these children, my brothers and sisters - but we will never be defeated," Malala said.
    Earlier in the day, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi also condemned the "horrible" acts.