Justice at Last: Pakistani School Massacre Planner Is Killed



Dec 16 attack that killed mostly children



The alleged planner of the Peshawar school massacre has been killed in a shootout, a Pakistani official has said. On 16 December, Taliban militants strapped with explosives broke into a military run school in Peshawar, and killed 148 people, including 132 children.

The commander Saddam was killed on Thursday night in the hour-long gunfight with security forces in the restive Khyber tribal area, which borders the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. Authorities believed from his confession also that Saddam helped plan the Peshawar school attack and was also involved in attacks on health workers giving polio vaccinations in the Peshawar valley.
 

School of the deadly attack

The militant was known only as Saddam while his six accomplices were injured and arrested in the shootout, said Shahab Ali Shah, head of the local police administration.
Authorities are currently interrogating the six, he said.
 
The attacks, targeting a region that is a Taliban stronghold, were believed to have been carried out by US drones.


Credit:Skynews