No class 9 in Peshawar school anymore, this boy is only survivor

December 17, 2014 11:31

There is no class 9 in the Army Public School any more. All the students except for this boy, Dawood (surname not known) were killed in the Peshawar attack. Dawood, 15, is the only survivor.

Yesterday, DG ISPR Asim Bajwa, addressing a presser said that the terrorists who attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, had no intention of taking hostages. Their sole aim was to kill as many people as possible. Bajwa said not a single eyewitnesses report said that any student or staff in the school was taken hostage.

The dead include 132 children and nine staff members of the school.

Bajwa said that 1099 children were registered at the school and that 960 people were rescued from the location.

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