Pakistani Taliban leader demands release of Muslim prisoners
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- Updated: 18 Dec 2014
Pakistani Taliban leader demands release of Muslim prisoners
We have killed all the children, now what do we do?': Taliban death squad's frantic request for instructions after slaughtering 132 innocents... as hunt begins for 'Radio Mullah' mastermind who ordered massacre
Militants contacted commanders to ask when to detonate suicide vests
Given constant instructions from sixteen commanders during massacre
Now hunt is on to bring commanders to justice and face the death penalty
Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah ordered slaughter of 135 pupils
Previously demanded the death of teenage education campaigner Malala
He is known as 'Radio Mullah' for firebrand sermons on Pakistani FM radio
The depraved Taliban gunmen who slaughtered 135 students at a school in Pakistan contacted their commanders to ask: 'We have killed all the children, now what do we do?', it has been revealed.
Having stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar using machine guns and rocket launchers to massacre those inside, the six men were instructed to await the arrival of soldiers before detonating their suicide vests, according to a security official citing unspecified intelligence gathered on site.
The details come as it emerged sixteen prominent commanders from different wings of the Pakistani Taliban were involved in organising the attack, with another senior militant named, Umar Adizai - also known as Umar Naray and Umar Khalifa - acting as the six killers' overall 'handler'.
The hunt is now on for the 17 men, all of whom have been named, with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif moving to end the moratorium on executing those convicted of terrorism - effectively signing the death warrant for the savage Peshawar commanders should they be caught.
The order for the raid was given by the overall leader of the Pakistani Taliban Maulana Fazlullah, whose previous crimes include ordered the failed murder of teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
His capture will now be the priority for security officials, although like many of the Pakistani leadership, he is believed to be hiding over the border in Afghanistan's Nuristan province - the same frontier region where the sickening Peshawar attack is believed to have been planned.
The sixteen commanders are believed to belong to separate branches of the Pakistani Taliban, including groups such as the Geedar [Jackal] Taliban, Lashkar e Islam, the Mohmand Agency Taliban, and the North Waziristan Taliban.
Security officials believe that the attack would have been planned on the Afghan side of the Pakistan border, where a number of Pakistani Taliban officials are based.
'The belongings we got from suicide bombers involved in the Peshawar School attack provided us with clues, and our intelligence agencies shared some other very valuable information related to the planning and execution of this terrorist attack,' a security officer said.
He named the suicide attackers themselves as men going by the names Abu Zar, Omar, Yousaf, Imran, Aziz and Qari Aur Chimnay.
This morning chilling new accounts from those who survived the attack.
Student Aakif Azeem, 18, still wearing his green blazer, told BBC Radio 4: 'I was in the dining room when the gunmen started firing and one took a shot at me with a pistol, but the bullet ricocheted. There were children screaming and crying and there were bodies everywhere.'
'The corridors were dripping with blood. Even the teachers were terrified... All I could think about was where my little brother was. Later I found out that out of a class of 25 who died, he was the only one who escaped unharmed,'
'We want our revenge. We were all innocent and had absolutely nothing to do with this... You can rip up our school, you can take away our teachers, but you cannot take away our identity,' he went on to say.
Student Siam Salam, 11, added: 'I was in the classroom when we heard firing and I was very afraid. I didn't see the gunman come in, but then I could heard the firing and bombs even louder.
'I hid under my desk and waited until the army and ambulance arrived. Then I made a run for it out of the school. I didn't look back, I just ran until I got to the gate and escaped from the school.
Armed: Released by the terror group's spokesman Mohammad Khurasani a third group shot shows the same men wearing full military fatigues - an outfit that would outed them as Taliban to security guards
Yesterday the first pictures emerged of the men who carried out the massacre at the Army School.
The photos - apparently taken in the hours before Tuesday's attack - were released yesterday by the Taliban, together with a threat to carry out similar attacks despite the outrage at the horrific, carefully planned massacre in which 132 children and more than a dozen teachers were killed
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Pakistani Taliban leader demands release of Muslim prisoners
We have killed all the children, now what do we do?': Taliban death squad's frantic request for instructions after slaughtering 132 innocents... as hunt begins for 'Radio Mullah' mastermind who ordered massacre
Militants contacted commanders to ask when to detonate suicide vests
Given constant instructions from sixteen commanders during massacre
Now hunt is on to bring commanders to justice and face the death penalty
Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah ordered slaughter of 135 pupils
Previously demanded the death of teenage education campaigner Malala
He is known as 'Radio Mullah' for firebrand sermons on Pakistani FM radio
The depraved Taliban gunmen who slaughtered 135 students at a school in Pakistan contacted their commanders to ask: 'We have killed all the children, now what do we do?', it has been revealed.
Having stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar using machine guns and rocket launchers to massacre those inside, the six men were instructed to await the arrival of soldiers before detonating their suicide vests, according to a security official citing unspecified intelligence gathered on site.
The details come as it emerged sixteen prominent commanders from different wings of the Pakistani Taliban were involved in organising the attack, with another senior militant named, Umar Adizai - also known as Umar Naray and Umar Khalifa - acting as the six killers' overall 'handler'.
The hunt is now on for the 17 men, all of whom have been named, with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif moving to end the moratorium on executing those convicted of terrorism - effectively signing the death warrant for the savage Peshawar commanders should they be caught.
The order for the raid was given by the overall leader of the Pakistani Taliban Maulana Fazlullah, whose previous crimes include ordered the failed murder of teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
His capture will now be the priority for security officials, although like many of the Pakistani leadership, he is believed to be hiding over the border in Afghanistan's Nuristan province - the same frontier region where the sickening Peshawar attack is believed to have been planned.
The sixteen commanders are believed to belong to separate branches of the Pakistani Taliban, including groups such as the Geedar [Jackal] Taliban, Lashkar e Islam, the Mohmand Agency Taliban, and the North Waziristan Taliban.
Security officials believe that the attack would have been planned on the Afghan side of the Pakistan border, where a number of Pakistani Taliban officials are based.
'The belongings we got from suicide bombers involved in the Peshawar School attack provided us with clues, and our intelligence agencies shared some other very valuable information related to the planning and execution of this terrorist attack,' a security officer said.
He named the suicide attackers themselves as men going by the names Abu Zar, Omar, Yousaf, Imran, Aziz and Qari Aur Chimnay.
This morning chilling new accounts from those who survived the attack.
Student Aakif Azeem, 18, still wearing his green blazer, told BBC Radio 4: 'I was in the dining room when the gunmen started firing and one took a shot at me with a pistol, but the bullet ricocheted. There were children screaming and crying and there were bodies everywhere.'
'The corridors were dripping with blood. Even the teachers were terrified... All I could think about was where my little brother was. Later I found out that out of a class of 25 who died, he was the only one who escaped unharmed,'
'We want our revenge. We were all innocent and had absolutely nothing to do with this... You can rip up our school, you can take away our teachers, but you cannot take away our identity,' he went on to say.
Student Siam Salam, 11, added: 'I was in the classroom when we heard firing and I was very afraid. I didn't see the gunman come in, but then I could heard the firing and bombs even louder.
'I hid under my desk and waited until the army and ambulance arrived. Then I made a run for it out of the school. I didn't look back, I just ran until I got to the gate and escaped from the school.
Armed: Released by the terror group's spokesman Mohammad Khurasani a third group shot shows the same men wearing full military fatigues - an outfit that would outed them as Taliban to security guards
Yesterday the first pictures emerged of the men who carried out the massacre at the Army School.
The photos - apparently taken in the hours before Tuesday's attack - were released yesterday by the Taliban, together with a threat to carry out similar attacks despite the outrage at the horrific, carefully planned massacre in which 132 children and more than a dozen teachers were killed
- published: 18 Dec 2014
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