This photo released in a statement by the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 shows the Taliban fighters who stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, killing more than 140 people, most of them children. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani student, who was injured in a Taliban attack in a school, is brought to a hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani man and a woman rush to a hospital treating victims of a Taliban attack in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Relatives of a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, mourn over her lifeless body at a hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A plainclothes security officer escorts students rescued from nearby school during a Taliban attack in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
People gather at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack are being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
People carry the casket of a victim of Taliban attack in a school, after receiving it from a local hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
The lifeless body of a Pakistani army officer, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, is brought to a local hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
The lifeless body of a Pakistani student, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, lies in a casket at a local hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani girl, who was injured in a Taliban attack in a school, is rushed to a hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistanis use their mobile phones to take photographs of students who died in a Taliban attack on their school, at a local hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani man comforts a student standing at the bedside of a boy who was injured in a Taliban attack on a school, at a local hospital in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack are being treated in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
The feet of a victim of a Taliban attack in a school are tied together at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
An armoured personnel carrier moves toward a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani army troops cordon off a road leading to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani army troops are positioned close to a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani army soldier takes position on a bunker close to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Hospital security guards carry a students injured in the shootout at a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Army Public School in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani rescue workers take out students from an ambulance who injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, upon arrival at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Hospital staff transport a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (Photo: AP)
Pakistan's army spokesman Major-General Asim Bajwa briefs the media about a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
Relatives of Pakistani student, Baqir Ali Bangash, 13, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, pray around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
Relatives of Pakistani student, Baqir Ali Bangash, 13, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, gather around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
Relatives of Pakistani teacher, Saeed Khan, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, gather around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
A man comforts a child who survived a Taliban attack on a school that killed more than 100 people in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
People who survived a Taliban attack on a school, receive treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
Pakistani journalists and civil society members hold a candle light vigil for the victims of Taliban attack on school in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing more than 100 people (Photo: AP)
Pakistani journalists and civil society members hold a candle light vigil for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school, in Islamabad (Photo: AP)
Women supporters of the Muttahida Quami Movement pray during a candle light vigil for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school in Karachi (Photo: AP)
A family member of students killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school prepares for their burial in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A family member of students killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school prepares for their burial in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
People attend funeral of students killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school prepare for their burial in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
People attend funeral of a student killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
People read newspapers carrying headlines on Tuesday's Taliban attack on a school in downtown of Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani students pray during a special ceremony for the victims of Tuesday's school attack in Peshawar, at a school in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani student weeps as she attends a special ceremony for the victims of Tuesday's school attack in Peshawar, at a school in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani students pray during a special ceremony for the victims of Tuesday's school attack in Pashawar, at a school in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan is mourning as the nation prepares for mass funerals for 141 people, most of them children, killed in
Pakistani security personnel stand guard outside the Army Public school which was attacked by Taliban on Tuesday, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani children, chant prayers, during a candle light vigil for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani army spokesman briefs the media at an Army Public School a day after it was attacked in Peshawar, Pakistan (Photo: AP)
Pakistan army soldiers stand outside the auditorium of an Army Public School a day after an attack on the school, in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani video journalists film inside the auditorium of an Army Public School a day after an attack by the Taliban, in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Chairs are upturned and blood stains the floor at the Army Public School auditorium the day after Taliban gunmen stormed the school in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani journalists film and photograph inside an auditorium of the Army Public School attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Kashmiri children carry black flags as they join funeral prayers for victims killed in a Taliban attack in Peshawar, in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistan army soldier inspects the Army Public School attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
A group photograph of students of the Army Public School that was attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen, is seen in the school principal's office in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
Pakistani soldiers inspect inside the Army Public School attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani soldier walks out of the Army Public School that was attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)
A Pakistani photographer takes pictures in principal's room at the Army Public School attacked the day before by Taliban gunmen. (Photo: AP)
In an email on Wednesday, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani claimed the attack was justified because the Pakistani army has allegedly long been killing innocent children and families of their fighters. (Photo: AP)
Small coffins are the heaviest to carry: Peshawar school attack