BY Daniel Harkins | December 17 | 
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Church in Pakistan condemns attack on school as barbaric and inhuman
Condemnation comes after attack in which at least 132 children were killed by Taliban gunmen
The Catholic Church in Pakistan has condemned as barbaric and inhuman the attack on a school in Peshawar that killed at least 132 children and nine staff.
“This is a barbaric, inhuman and cowardly act,” Cecil Chaudhry, executive director of the National Commission for Justice and Peace of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said. “It is beyond imagination how innocent children of army personnel could be targeted like this.”
Reports from the Pakistan army said that seven Taliban gunmen, all wearing bomb vests, carried out the attack at around 10am local time on Tuesday.
The attackers went from classroom to classroom at Army Public School, which teaches children from both military and civilian backgrounds, shooting pupils and teachers. All the gunmen where later killed, though it is unclear if they blew themselves up or were killed by Army Commandos.
The Pakistani Taliban has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks, claiming it as retaliation for army operations in areas along the border with Afghanistan.
The church in Indian joined its neighbour in condemning the attack.
“My soul is overwhelmed by deep sorrow and great distress for the horrible massacre of innocent children in the school in Peshawar,” Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, said. “The loss of young and precious lives in neighbouring Pakistan is a source of grief and mourning also for my country, India.”
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