More than 140 people are known to have been killed by armed men stormed the Taliban after a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The activists went from class to class for hours, killing at least 132 children, in what was the deadliest Taliban attack in Pakistan.
Details are still emerging, what is going to school - here a number of accounts. (Readers may find embarrassing images.)
Shahrukh Khan, 16, told the news agency AFP that he ducked under a desk when gunmen in his classroom.
Speaking of Lady Reading hospital, he said: "I saw a pair of large black boots coming towards me, that guy was probably hunting for students who hide under the benches.
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I stood as I could, and closed his eyes, waiting to get shot again "
"The man with big boots always looking for students and pumping bullets into their bodies. I also put still as I could, and closed his eyes, waiting to get shot again."
He added: "My body was shaking, I saw so close to death, and I will never forget, getting black boots on me - I felt that it would be the death of approaching me .."
He also told Reuters: "One of my teachers cried, she was shot in the hand and she screamed in pain.
"A terrorist then approached her and started shooting until they ceased not make a sound."
Shahrukh was shot in both legs, and while he survived death. "Around me, my friends lying wounded and dead," he added.
Amir Ameen - "Before we close the door ... she entered"
Amir Ameen, 17, told the Times: "It took a few minutes to understand the situation - and then we ran."
"Before we close the door from the inside, came three forwards. There were about 10 boys in the room. They killed all of them. I am the only one who survived."
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Unnamed military sources - "... you did the kids to see"
Speaking for anonymity, NBC military source said: "They burned a teacher for students in a class.
"They literally put the teacher on fire with petrol and children made to watch."
Mishal Husain BBC reported within the school in Peshawar
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Khalid Khan - "They killed most of my course"
Thirteen years Khalid Khan said he and his classmates were in a first aid class, when two armed men shaved wearing white and black jackets entered the room.
"They opened fire on the students, and then went out. The doctor and military soldiers managed to escape, and we closed the doors from the inside," he told Reuters. "But soon came, broke the doors and stepped opened fire."
He said many students were trying to hide under their desks, but still fired. "They killed most of my classmates," he added.
Peshawar Taliban school attack: Eyewitness accounts
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