Death toll in attack on Pakistan university rises to 19

Gunmen have stormed a university in Pakistan, killing at least 19 people and triggering a heavy gun battle with police and army troops in a town near Peshawar, officials said.

The attack began shortly after Bacha Khan University opened for classes in the town of Charsadda, 20 miles outside Peshawar, said deputy commissioner Tahir Zafar.