Euro MP condemns Taliban attack in Pakistan

Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Speaking from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Sajjad Karim said he had been horrified by the tragedy.

He added: “Many students and teachers at a school in  Peshawar had their lives  brutally ended by the acts  of a group of deranged extremists.

“This indiscriminate and horrific attack by the Taliban is an act of pure barbarism.

“Yet again, the citizens of Pakistan saw true evil, the very worst of human nature. It now needs to respond with the best of Pakistan.

“To all those rescue workers, ambulances and army personnel who helped to end this tragedy, I salute you.

“And my thoughts and prayers are with everyone caught up in this situation.”

Pupils were killed in the attack by the Taliban at an army-run school as five or six militants went from classroom to classroom indiscriminately shooting.