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At least two of the children killed by Taliban militants in the attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar were beheaded, medical staff said.
"One 13-year-old boy came in without his head. It was missing," said a senior doctor who was among staff who received the dead and injured at the Lady Reading Hospital.
He said his throat appeared to have been cut with a sharp knife.
Another health worker, Anwar Ali, said a second boy from grade six also had his head missing.
"He has received multiple bullet injuries in his whole body," Mr Ali said. "His head was missing. It seems that he was beheaded by the militants." One of the boys was identified by his parents from pre-existing marks on his body.
More than 130 pupils of the Peshawar Army Public School and nine staff were killed when it was stormed by seven militants on Tuesday.
They went from room to room shooting students, before blowing themselves up with suicide belts.
The attack was in retaliation for an army offensive on Taliban positions in the north-west of the country.
Mr Ali said the Taliban had been trying to sow terror in the local population.
"We saw terrible scenes as many the parents turned pale and fainted when they saw the headless and mutilated bodies of their sons," he said.
The family to whom he handed the headless body of their son had become angry, he said.
"They cursed the Taliban militants and took away his body, weeping," he said. "The Taliban killed all the children so brutally because they wanted to send a message across and terrify people."
At least two children beheaded in Pakistan school attack, say medical staff - Telegraph
"One 13-year-old boy came in without his head. It was missing," said a senior doctor who was among staff who received the dead and injured at the Lady Reading Hospital.
He said his throat appeared to have been cut with a sharp knife.
Another health worker, Anwar Ali, said a second boy from grade six also had his head missing.
"He has received multiple bullet injuries in his whole body," Mr Ali said. "His head was missing. It seems that he was beheaded by the militants." One of the boys was identified by his parents from pre-existing marks on his body.
More than 130 pupils of the Peshawar Army Public School and nine staff were killed when it was stormed by seven militants on Tuesday.
They went from room to room shooting students, before blowing themselves up with suicide belts.
The attack was in retaliation for an army offensive on Taliban positions in the north-west of the country.
Mr Ali said the Taliban had been trying to sow terror in the local population.
"We saw terrible scenes as many the parents turned pale and fainted when they saw the headless and mutilated bodies of their sons," he said.
The family to whom he handed the headless body of their son had become angry, he said.
"They cursed the Taliban militants and took away his body, weeping," he said. "The Taliban killed all the children so brutally because they wanted to send a message across and terrify people."
At least two children beheaded in Pakistan school attack, say medical staff - Telegraph