DHAKA: Indian lawmakers and schools observed a two-minute silence over the massacre in Peshawar that claimed 141 lives on Tuesday.

Dawn.com reports on Wednesday.

Apart from the two-minute silence, the schools also held special prayers to commemorate the victims of the attack.

The show of solidarity comes as Indian prime minister Narendra Modi reached out to Pakistan in a telephone conversation last night with his counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

India’s NDTV said Modi had appealed to all Indian schools to hold a two-minute silence as a mark of solidarity with the victims in Peshawar.

The Indian premier joined parliamentarians Wednesday as they held the special prayers for the victims of Tuesday’s attack.

Modi said he strongly condemned the ‘cowardly’ attack by Taliban militants on the school and branded it ‘a senseless act of unspeakable brutality’. He added that India shared Pakistan’s pain.

‘Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar,’ Modi had stated in a tweet on Tuesday.

BDST: 1853 HRS, DEC 17, 2014