1.59 pm (IST): The death tolls has increased to 21, including 17 students, according to reports.
1.55 pm (IST): The terrorists are still holed up in the school, as the Pakistan Army has taken charge of operations to rescue the hostages.
1.45 pm (IST): The toll has increased to 18, including 15 children, according to the Lady Reading Hospital, where all the injured are being taken.
1.20 pm (IST): The death toll from the terror attack has increased to 14, including 12 students, one teacher and a soldier, according to The Express Tribune.
1.29 pm (IST): The Pakistan Taliban claimed that the attack is a retaliation for military offensive on militants since June.
"It's a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan," Taliban spokesman Muhammad Umar Khorasani told Reuters.
1.25 pm (IST): 10 students have lost their lives after terrorists stormed an army school in Peshawar. A female teacher has also reportedly been killed.
1.19 pm (IST): Local media reports say that 11 students have been killed.
1.18 pm (IST): A soldier has also been killed in the terror attack in the Peshawar school, according to Dawn.com.
The number of injured has increased to 35.
1.10 pm (IST): One more student has reportedly succumbed to injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital. The hospital has issued a plea for blood donation as scores have been admitted from the school attack.
The school has more than 1,500 students, and 500 of them are currently being held hostage by the terrorists.
1.02 pm (IST): 500 students are being held hostage inside the school, as per reports.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack.
12.55 pm (IST): Three children have been killed in the terror attack at a Peshawar school, The Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) which is treating the injured, confirmed, according to dawn.com.
"The target killers and suicide attackers have been ordered to shoot the older students but not the children," Pakistan Taliban spokesman has reportedly said.
Terrorists stormed into a school in Peshawar in Pakistan on Tuesday, opening fire and injuring as many as 20 children, with at least two feared dead. As many as 500 students were said to be present at the time of attack and are still believed to be inside the premises.
The police said that at least six terrorists entered the Army Public School in Peshawar after scaling the school wall, according to Dawn.com. The terrorists were reportedly dressed in army uniforms.
Police forces have reached the spot and are currently engaged with the terrorists.
Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
"Our people successfully entered the army school in Peshawar this morning. We are giving them direct instructions to not harm minors," TTP spokesperson Muhammad Khorasani toldThe Express Tribune.
It was the TTP which had attacked education activist Malala Yousafzai on her way from school in 2012.
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