Hyderabad Pays Tribute to the Martyrs of Peshawar

Schools across Telangana paid tributes to the children killed in the terrorist attack in Pakistan’s Peshawar city. Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call, students in government-run and private schools in both the Telugu-speaking States observed two-minute silence in memory of the children killed at an army-run school. On Wednesday, students of All Saint’s High School in Gunfoudry and Safdaria Government School in Mehdipatnam prayed for the massacred students and observed two-minute silence, while other schools like Amma Concept School and Lotus Lap School took rallies condemning the attack. 

Police commissioner M Mahender Reddy said the force would draw up guidelines for security of city schools in the wake of the massacre in Peshawar

Students raised slogans against the barbaric act of the terrorists. Hundreds of children from other schools too organised peace programmes against the attack. They said that there was a need for collective effort to save children and to put an end to terrorism. Sharing their sorrow, employees in some government offices also observed silence and prayed for the victims. Offering condolences to the families of victims, student groups ABVP, SFI, PDSU, SIO and NSUI condemned the killing of innocent school students. They said that the attack was like attacking the whole humanity and wanted zero tolerance against such armed groups in any country.

The attack left over 148 dead, including 139 school children, and several badly injured. The barbaric act of terrorists has left the Indian subcontinent completely shocked. Meanwhile, police commissioner M Mahender Reddy said it had plans to draw up guidelines on the safety and security of city school students in the wake of the massacre in Peshawar. “We will come up with certain protocols through the education department and definitely look at the safety and security of students,” he said. When told that parents and managements of some schools are keen to see police imparting security tips to children as a precautionary measure, he said, “...Definitely we will think about it.”

On reported terror alert for Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit next month, Reddy said, “It is a general alert and not a specific alert issued by the central security agencies to Hyderabad.” “We are taking all possible precautionary measures. We are confident that we would be able to ensure the safety and security of citizens,” he added.