Pakistan begins painful task of burying its dead after school carnage
- 9 years ago
High school senior Abdul Azam Afridi should have been spending the coming new year thinking about graduation.
Instead, he's being buried...
One of at least 130 students who died in Tuesday's killing spree by the Pakistani Taliban... at a school in Peshawar run by the military.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) BROTHER OF KILLED STUDENT, ABDUL AZAM AFRIDI, SIKANDER AZAM SAYING:
"At 11 o'clock we received information that he was injured. When we went there we found his dead body."
In Pakistan's largest city, Karachi ... supporters of a political party hold a candlelight vigil.
Most of the students at the school are children of army officials.
The Taliban say they targeted the campus because the GOVERNMENT targets their women and families.
"We want them to feel the pain" - a Taliban statement said after the attack.
As a nation mourns, politicians are angry... even vengeful.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) A LEADER OF MUTTAHIDA QAUMI MOVEMENT (MQM) PARTY,
Instead, he's being buried...
One of at least 130 students who died in Tuesday's killing spree by the Pakistani Taliban... at a school in Peshawar run by the military.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) BROTHER OF KILLED STUDENT, ABDUL AZAM AFRIDI, SIKANDER AZAM SAYING:
"At 11 o'clock we received information that he was injured. When we went there we found his dead body."
In Pakistan's largest city, Karachi ... supporters of a political party hold a candlelight vigil.
Most of the students at the school are children of army officials.
The Taliban say they targeted the campus because the GOVERNMENT targets their women and families.
"We want them to feel the pain" - a Taliban statement said after the attack.
As a nation mourns, politicians are angry... even vengeful.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) A LEADER OF MUTTAHIDA QAUMI MOVEMENT (MQM) PARTY,