Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over.

The death toll in a Taliban attack on a school in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan has risen to 126, an official says.

Scores of students have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to reports.