Islamabad: Children were the majority of the 148 people killed Tuesday in a Taliban attack on a school run by the Pakistani army in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the border with Afghanistan.

The fatalities included 132 students and nine school employees, the military's director of public information, Gen. Asim Bajwa, told a press conference. Another 122 students were wounded, as well as nine of the soldiers who retook the school from the insurgents.