PHOTOS: 84 Children Shot Dead as Taliban Gunmen Storm Pakistani School

At least 84 children were killed in a Taliban attack on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar a Pakistani minister says. According to reports the total death is over 100.

Five or six terrorists reportedly wearing security uniforms entered the school in the early hours of Tuesday and started shooting at random.

The army officials say most of the school’s 500 students have been evacuated. It is not clear how many are being held hostage.

Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. It spread throughout Afghanistan and formed a government, ruling as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from September 1996 until December 2001.