DHAKA: Taliban militants have entered an army-run school on Warsak road, taking students and teachers hostage.

Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province chief minister Pervez Khattak says 84 children have been killed in the attack.

‘The terrorists entered the school wearing FC personnel uniform,’ he says, dawn.com reports.

He puts the total death toll at 104. He says 23 bodies have been taken to the LRH, with 60 in CMH.

Shah Farman, the KP Minister of Information says there are approximately 80-100 unconfirmed dead.

‘The army is trying hard to bring the situation under control,’ he says. ‘The operation is currently underway.’

‘It is unfortunate that schoolchildren were targeted. We need the country to be united and we need justice,’ he adds.

Shah Farman says he is not aware of the Taliban’s claim of responsibility for the attack.

An official from the LRH hospital confirms that 26 people have been killed. He says that the security official among the dead has not yet been identified.

BDST: 1506 HRS, DEC 16, 2014