Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities on Tuesday termed the Taliban militants attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan as "sickening" and "appalling".
The heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed the school in Pakistan's volatile northwestern city of Peshawar and killed over 100, mostly students when they started indiscriminate firing on them.
Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar said, "This is sad. Real sad! Children."
Arjun Kapoor said he felt helpless after reading about the attack.
"Just reading about Peshawar never felt more helpless... My prayers with everyone in Peshawar all the children and parents... Sad sad day," he tweeted.
Just reading about Peshawar never felt more helpless...my prayers with everyone in Peshawar all the children and parents...sad sad day
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) December 16, 2014Priyanka Chopra tweeted, "Appalling! What kind of wimps hurt kids!"
Appalling!What kind of wimps hurt kids! RT @vikramchandra:Nearly a hundred children now feared dead in Peshawar.Revolting. #Peshawarmonsters
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 16, 2014Watching tv n can't stop crying.Cant believe how religion can be used for such a horrid act of violence.No God says it's ok to kill!N kids?!
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 16, 2014Farhan Akhtar said his heart broke after he got to know about the incident.
"My heart has broken... The world failed those children in Peshawar... It's a sad sad day," he posted on Twitter.
My heart has broken.. The world failed those children in Peshawar ... It's a sad sad day.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) December 16, 2014Actress Sandhya Mridul feels that after the back-to-back militant attacks on the innocent, the world has gone wrong.
"It's a school for god sake! Animals. Why? Why would anyone want to kill children? We humans should be destroyed... This world has gone so wrong. Sickening!," she tweeted.
R Madhavan wrote, "Who are these people actually. Where are they from, their families, their upbringing, their faces, what can drive them to kill children."
Actor-director Rajat Kapoor expressed his anger over the attack and said, "Millions of year of evolution- FOR THIS??! kamaal hai!!"
"Is there an Allah or a God who will answer to the wails unmeasured grief of the parents whose children were massacred by the talibanis!!," asked Raveena.
