Pakistan hangs four 2014 Peshawar school attack terrorists

02 December,2015 06:14 PM IST |   |  Agencies

Pakistan has hanged four terrorists who were involved in Peshawar's Army Public School attack that killed 144 people on December 16 last year


Karachi: Pakistan has hanged four terrorists who were involved in Peshawar's Army Public School attack that killed 144 people on December 16 last year.

According to the Dawn, they were hanged at the Kohat Central Jail on Wednesday.


Pakistan media shoot footage of the bloodied floor at an army-run school a day after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Wednesday. Pakistan began three days of mourning on December 17 for the 132 schoolchildren and nine staff killed by the Taliban in the country's deadliest ever terror attack as the world united in a chorus of revulsion. Pic/AFP

The execution comes as the country prepares to observe the first anniversary of the attack on December 16.

The army chief had signed the black warrants of Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel alias Yahya on Monday.

The terrorists stormed Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16, 2014, killing at least 144 people, most of whom were children.

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