7 Years of APS Tragedy, Terrorists Have been Punished
According to ISPR, 9 terrorists involved in attack on Army Public School were killed by Pakistan Army soldiers in a gunfight while 12 terrorists were sentenced to death by military courts.
APS tragedy is the most dangerous incident of its kind in the history of terrorist incidents in the world in which 16 teachers, including 134 innocent students, were killed by terrorists while propagating bestiality. Pakistan Army officials say that all the characters of the APS tragedy have been brought to justice.
Seven years ago today, on December 16, 2014, the terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar with automatic weapons. Were also included. According to media reports, about 100 students were also injured in the attack.
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There were more than 1,000 staff members and students at the Army Public School when the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists attacked. Many students were children of military personnel.
The terrorists climbed the school site wall and reached the large compound. According to some reports, he blew up his own car to distract school guards. The terrorists entered the main hall from where the children were gathering for prayers. Here, the terrorists started firing indiscriminately on unarmed teachers and children.
The assailants, armed with grenades and automatic rifles, then went to the classrooms, where they took teachers and older children at gunpoint.
According to official sources, the aim of the terrorists was only to kill innocent people and not to take them hostage.
Commandos from the Pakistan Army’s Special Services Group arrived at the compound shortly after and surrounded the terrorists, launching a successful operation. The attackers were wearing suicide vests loaded with explosives.
Several terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire, while several assailants were arrested. The attack lasted about eight hours.
The militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. TTP leaders loyal to Mullah Fazlullah responded to the attack with Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
The Pakistan Army launched “Operation Zarb-e-Azb” on June 15, 2014 to rid the northern areas of Pakistan of terrorism and terrorists.
The APS tragedy was condemned around the world, while the death penalty was reinstated after a six-year ban in Pakistan, and many suspected Taliban militants were executed.
The Pakistan Army intensified operations across the country after the APS tragedy and arrested the banned TTP terrorists. Who were executed by military courts after being sentenced to death.
The Pakistan Army had arrested Army Public School Master Taj Muhammad in December 2015 during an intelligence base operation. The Pakistan Army said that Taj Muhammad had gone into hiding after the APS tragedy. Taj Muhammad was arrested from a refugee camp in the Pawaka area of Peshawar.
Pakistani military officials say 27 militants were involved in the attack, nine of whom were killed in a gunfight during the siege, while several terrorists were arrested.
Detainees could be brought before military courts and sentenced to death if convicted of terrorism.
ISPR briefing
Briefing on the APS tragedy, the ISPR spokesman had said that the school was attacked by two groups of banned TTP, one group led by Atiq-ur-Rehman alias Usman who was arrested by the security forces.
Taj Muhammad, 27, was the commander of another group that attacked the Army Public School. During the interrogation, Taj Muhammad confessed to several acts of terrorism.
ISPR Director General Major General Asim Bajwa said in his statement that the gang involved in the APS attack consisted of 27 terrorists, 12 of whom were arrested from Pakistan and Afghanistan, 9 were killed. While 6 escaped.”
