Pakistan Taliban attack army-run school - in pictures

Hospital security guards carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

Pakistani soldiers transport rescued school children from the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar. A Majeed / AFP Photo

A school boy who was injured in a Taliban attack receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. Arshad Arbab / EPA

A Pakistani army soldier takes position on a bunker close to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

A schoolboy who was injured in a Taliban attack receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. Arshad Arbab / EPA

Pakistani security forces take up positions on a road leading to the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. Taliban gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials said. Khuram Parvez / Reuters

Taliban gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials said. Khuram Parvez / Reuters

A soldier escorts schoolchildren after they were rescued from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. Khuram Parvez / Reuters

Pakistani rescue workers take out students from an ambulance who were injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, upon arrival at a local hospital in Peshawar. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

A Pakistani soldier stands near the debris of a house which was destroyed during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan in this July 9, 2014 file photo. “It’s a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan,” Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters following the attack at a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Maqsood Mehdi / Reuters

Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar. Mohammad Sajjad / AP Photo

A Pakistani girl, who was injured in a Taliban attack in a school, is rushed to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. The attack began in the morning hours, with the gunmen entering the school – which has students in grades 1 to 10 – and shooting at random, said police officer Javed Khan. Army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen, he said.