'We have killed all the children, now what do we do?': Taliban death squad's frantic request for instructions after slaughtering 132 innocents... as military airstrikes kill 57 in hunt for 'Radio Mullah' who ordered massacre
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- Militants contacted commanders to ask when to detonate suicide vests
- Given constant instructions from sixteen commanders during massacre
- Now hunt is on to bring commanders to justice and face the death penalty
- Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah ordered slaughter of 132 pupils
- Previously demanded the death of teenage education campaigner Malala
- He is known as 'Radio Mullah' for firebrand sermons on Pakistani FM radio
The
depraved Taliban gunmen who slaughtered 132 students at a school in
Pakistan contacted their commanders to ask: 'We have killed all the
children, now what do we do?', it has been revealed.
Having
stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar using machine guns and
rocket launchers to massacre those inside, the six men were instructed
to await the arrival of soldiers before detonating their suicide vests,
according to a security official citing unspecified intelligence
gathered on site.
The
details come as it emerged sixteen prominent commanders from different
wings of the Pakistani Taliban were involved in organising the attack,
with another senior militant named Umar Adizai - also known as Umar
Naray and Umar Khalifa - acting as the six killers' overall 'handler'.
The
hunt is now on for the 17 men, all of whom have been named, with
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif moving to end the moratorium on
executing those convicted of terrorism - effectively signing the death
warrant for the savage Peshawar commanders should they be caught.
Parents
of the 132 victims of the Peshawar massacre now face the horrific
ordeal of having to identify the remains of their children, many of whom
have had their heads separated from their bodies either by bomb blasts
or as a result of the militants' indiscriminate gunfire.
The
news came amid reports that a five-year-old girl named Khola Altaf was
the youngest victim of the massacre - despite alleged instructions from
Taliban commanders not to kill 'small children'.
Khola
is understood to have been on her first day the school's kindergarten
when gunmen burst into the room and shot her at point blank range.
Following
Tuesday's massacre, the Pakistani military carried out 20 airstrikes in
a remote Taliban stronghold in the north west of the country, killing
at least 57 militants.
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Hunted: The order for the raid was
given by the overall leader of the Pakistani Taliban Maulana Fazlullah,
(pictured) whose previous crimes include ordered the failed murder of
teenage education campaigner Malala
Terror leader: Maulana Fazlullah - the
firebrand militant, whose thick black beard reaches halfway down his
chest - took control of the Pakistani Taliban 13 months ago
Headlines: A Pakistani newspaper
featured mugshots of Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah (top
right) alongside other senior militants in 2009
Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah (right) is seen alongside Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan
Legion of death: This full lineup of
senior Taliban officials, including current leader Maulana Fazlluah (top
right), were pictured in a Pakistani newspaper in 2009
Taliban militant Hafiz Saeed Khan is understood to have been one of the Peshawar massacre masterminds
Hafiz Saeed Khan (centre) is understood to be one of six commanders giving instructions to the killers
The
order for the raid was given by the overall leader of the Pakistani
Taliban Maulana Fazlullah, whose previous crimes include ordering the
failed murder of teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, this
year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
His
capture will now be the highest priority for security officials,
although, like many Pakistani Taliban leaders, he is believed to be
hiding over the border in Afghanistan's Nuristan province - the same
frontier region where the sickening Peshawar attack is thought to have
been planned.
Conversations
between the six attackers and their commanders during the seven-hour
siege form part of a huge dossier of evidence that has already been
compiled about Tuesday's massacre - which officials will now pour over
to work out how the men were able to commit such an atrocity.
The
information will also be crucial to the hunt for the killers' off-site
commanders, who are believed to have given blow by blow instructions on
how the massacre should be carried out.
The
sixteen commanders are believed to belong to separate branches of the
Pakistani Taliban, including groups such as the Geedar [Jackal] Taliban,
Lashkar e Islam, the Mohmand Agency Taliban, and the North Waziristan
Taliban.
Killer: The slaughter of 132 children at a school in Pakistan was ordered by Maulana Fazlullah
Security
officials believe that the attack was planned on the Afghan side of the
Pakistan border, where a number of Pakistani Taliban officials -
including Fazlullah - are thought to be based.
'The
belongings we got from suicide bombers involved in the Peshawar School
attack provided us with clues, and our intelligence agencies shared
some other very valuable information related to the planning and
execution of this terrorist attack,' a security officer said.
He named the suicide attackers themselves as men going by the names Abu Zar, Omar, Yousaf, Imran, Aziz and Qari Aur Chimnay.
This morning chilling new accounts emerged from those who survived the attack.
Student
Aakif Azeem, 18, still wearing his green blazer, told BBC Radio 4: 'I
was in the dining room when the gunmen started firing and one took a
shot at me with a pistol, but the bullet ricocheted. There were children
screaming and crying and there were bodies everywhere.'
'The
corridors were dripping with blood. Even the teachers were terrified...
All I could think about was where my little brother was. Later I found
out that out of a class of 25 who died, he was the only one who escaped
unharmed.'
'We
want our revenge. We were all innocent and had absolutely nothing to do
with this... You can rip up our school, you can take away our teachers,
but you cannot take away our identity,' he went on to say.
Student
Siam Salam, 11, added: 'I was in the classroom when we heard firing and
I was very afraid. I didn't see the gunman come in, but then I could
heard the firing and bombs even louder.
'I
hid under my desk and waited until the army and ambulance arrived. Then
I made a run for it out of the school. I didn't look back, I just ran
until I got to the gate and escaped from the school.'
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