Six terrorists of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan stormed Peshawar's Army Public School & College on Tuesday morning. Four students have been killed in the attack and nearly 19 others including teachers have suffered injuries, said local media reports. About 500 students and teachers are believed to have been taken hostage by the terrorists.

The terror group claimed that all the terrorists are on a suicide mission. Pakistani security forces have cordoned off the school and gunbattle is on with the terrorists.

Eyewitnesses say the armed gunmen entered classes and started firing indiscriminately. According to reports, security personnel have been able to rescue four children.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack and said that all the terrorists are on a suicide mission.

"Our suicide bombers have entered the school, they have instructions not to harm the children, but to target the army personnel," Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters.

Here we are giving you live updates on the terrorist attack in Peshawar Army school:

   04:58 PM
I feel that until and unless this country is cleansed from terrorism, this war and effort will not stop, no one should be doubtful of this. We have also spoken to Afghanistan about this and we will fight terrorism together. Such attacks are expected in the wake of a war and the country should not lose its strength.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif speaks to the media

04:51 PM
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan postpones his party's countrywide protests scheduled for Dec 18, following the deadly terrorist attack on the school in Peshawar.

04:46 PM
Police struggling to hold back distraught parents trying to break past a cordon and get to the school when three loud explosions went off, police officials told Reuters.

04:45 PM
Military spokesperson Asim Bajwa says the fifth terrorist has been killed by security forces.

04:35 PM
Nobel winner Kailash Satyarthi tweets

04:29 PM
LATEST FROM PESHAWAR: 126 dead, 122 injured in the Taliban attack

04:27 PM
Pakistani military say four Taliban attackers killed at school, search continues for remaining gunmen

04:26 PM
Rescue workers move the coffin of a student, who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, in Peshawar
Rescue workers move the coffin of a student, who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, in Peshawar

04:10 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts

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Read: We targeted school in revenge for military attacks, Pak Taliban says

04:06 PM
Schoolchildren massacred in Peshawar

04:01 PM Three-day mourning declared
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister has announced three days mourning over this tragic incident.

04:00 PM
Loud blasts reported

Two loud blasts are being reported from the site, with the sound of gunfire also heard.Journalists at the scene says ambulances are stationed about a kilometre away from the Army Public School. A number of ambulances are seen entering the cordoned off area after the loud explosions.
 
03:58 PM We condemn horrific attack on innocent school children in Peshawar
Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson of external affairs ministry

03:41 PM
Rajnath Singh strongly condemns the attack
 

02:47 PM JUST IN: Over 100 students killed, 80 injured in attack on army school in Peshawar.

02:36 PM Emergency declared in 4 hospitals in the area. Appeal made to the public to donate blood urgently.

02:21 PM A student of the school is taken to safety. (Reuters Photo)

 03:21 PM Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves for Peshawar to supervise the ongoing operation against Taliban.

03:20 PM Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major Asim Bajwa says that Army chief General Raheel Sharif has cut his visit short in Quetta and is due to reach Peshawar.

03:14 PM "We targeted school because army targets our families. We want them to feel our pain."
Pakistan Taliban

02:23 pm: 3 suicide bombers have been reportedly killed.

02:10 pm: All schools in Pakistan on high alert

02:02 pm: Militants entered through graveyard adjacent to Army Public School-Provincial information minister Mushtaq Ghani

02:01 pm: Those injured in firing shifted to Lady Reading Hospital

02:00 pm: Pak PM Nawaz Sharif asks security forces to make safety of students and teachers their priority: Pak media

1:42pm- To terrorise the students, terrorists reportedly burn alive a lady teacher.

1:41 pm- Pak Choppers pressed into service as the School Siege continues in Peshawar

1:40 pm- One Army personnel killed as Pak security forces and terrorists exchange fire

1:39 pm- 4 hospitals run out of blood as number of injured, death toll increases

1:38 pm- Heavy exchange of fire on at the Peshawar Army Public school between Pak security forces and terrorists

1:35 pm- Terror attack on Army Public School in Peshawar took place when children were answering an exam

1:34pm- It's a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan: TTP spokesman

1:33 pm- "Attackers won't be spared," says Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

1:32 pm- Students taken hostage by terrorists inside the auditorium of school

1:25 pm- Nothing new, such incidents take place almost every day in Pakistan: Ajai Sahni

1:00 pm- I will only be able to comment after I gather information on Peshawar attack: Rajnath Singh