Pakistan school attack: Terrorist attack survivor Mohammed Wali Khan talks about his experience at Peshawar Army School. (Source: Al Jazeera) Pakistan school attack: Terrorist attack survivor Mohammed Wali Khan talks about his experience at Peshawar Army School. (Source: Al Jazeera)

“A horrible looking man shot me six times in the face,” recounts Mohammad Wali Khan.

Khan, a 9th grader, was one of the survivors of the terrorist attack on Peshawar army school last year. The banned terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the brutal attack in which over 150 people, mostly students, were killed on December 16, 2014.

In a poignant video interview to Middle east-based news channel Al-Jazeera, Khan recalled the tragic incident that snatched his friends lives and nearly took his. “A horrible looking man entered the auditorium and started firing at us randomly. They shot six bullets on my face, one on leg and one on hand. I was thinking I will never hug my mother again.”

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When the terrorists made their way into the auditorium, they fired randomly at students. Khan, who was also present at the spot said, “When those beasts glared at me with their cold eyes they aimed their gun towards me and pumped bullets on my face. Then they pulled out my classmates from under the desk and shot them.”

“I was screaming not because I was afraid. I was thinking I will be no more in this world, I will be no more with my mother. I was unconscious for 8 days and I wasn’t expecting to stand up, but Allah helped me and I am alive. They were trying to stop us from being educated. First I thought I will join Pakistan military and avenge my friends death. But later I realised I will fight them through education and defeat them,” added Khan.

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The first anniversary of the attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar was observed across the country with people showing solidarity with the bereaved families.

Nawaz Sharif also paid tributes to the armed forces for waging a valiant campaign against terrorism under the leadership of Gen. Sharif and completely eliminating the terrorists.

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