Peshawar schools reopen after Taliban massacre
The December attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar by a group of gunmen and suicide bombers prompted a bout of national soul-searching. (Reuters)
Schools in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar re-opened Monday morning for the first time since a Taliban raid massacred 150 people, mainly children, with returning students expressing defiance tinged with apprehension.
The December 16 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar by a group of gunmen and suicide bombers prompted a bout of national soul-searching even in a country used to high levels of militancy, with the government moving to scrap a moratorium on executions and establish military courts.
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