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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Funerals have begun in Pakistan for the dozens of children and teachers killed during a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest.
The death toll had been 141, with 132 children dead, but overnight, the body of the school's principal was found, raising the death toll to 142.
The massacre happened Tuesday, when seven Taliban gunmen stormed the army public school in the city of Peshawar with explosives strapped to their bodies.
Students were gunned down and some of the female teachers were burned alive. Army commandos fought the Taliban in a day-long battle until the school was cleared and all the attackers dead.
A three-day official mourning period started today.
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APPHOTO ISL102: Pakistani students pray during a special ceremony for the victims of Tuesday's school attack in Peshawar, at a school in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) (17 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO BKB105: People attend funeral of a student killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for 141 people, most of them children, killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest. A three-day official mourning period started Wednesday, a day after seven Taliban gunmen, explosives strapped to their bodies, stormed the army public school in the city of Peshawar. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (17 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO BKB110: A family member of students killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school prepares for their burial in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in the Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest. A three-day official mourning period started Wednesday, a day after seven Taliban gunmen, explosives strapped to their bodies, stormed the army public school. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (17 Dec 2014)
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APPHOTO BKB108: Siraj-ul-Haq, fourth right, chief of Pakistan's religious party Jammat-e-Islami, leads a funeral prayer for a student killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in a Taliban attack on a military-run school in the country's northwest. A three-day official mourning period started Wednesday, a day after seven Taliban gunmen, explosives strapped to their bodies, stormed the army public school. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (17 Dec 2014)
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