Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, a northwestern Pakistani city, on Tuesday. 141 people died in the attack — 132 children between the grades 1-10 and nine staff members. 121 students and three staff members were injured. 7 attackers wore explosive vests and died in assault, though they aren't sure if they were killed or died by being suicide bombers. No one saw any goal of the attack except for killing the innocent children. The horrific attack, claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the government, sent dozens of wounded overflowing local hospitals. The attack began by gunman coming into the school and shooting randomly and was followed by army commandos arriving to stop the gunmen. A young girl was even shot in the head because she threatened to stick up for women's rights. This appeared to be the worst attack in Pakistan since a 2007 suicide bombing in the port city of Karachi killed 150 people. People are just heartbroken by the terror going on.
This is connected to history because of how many battles or wars started by cruel acts like these. Also, how it has to do with inequality, like with this girl who tried to stick up for womens rights and got shot. They difference is, that time has passed for america but not for everywhere in the world. This makes me very sad, especially because they have no idea what their intentions were besides being cruel. It does not make any sense why people, MULTIPLE people, would do such horrific things, with intention behind it or not. I FULLY understand this is not a U.S. story, but I find it important enough to tie to US history because although this happened in a different country, many incidents like this happen in the United States too.
http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-taliban-attack-military-school-kill-2-072153239.html
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