A day after nearly 150 people dead, most of them children, were killed in a Taliban attack on a Pakistan school, students from across West Bengal Wednesday mourned the deaths and condemned the dastardly attack that has shocked the world.
Students in north Bengal's Siliguri walked silently through the streets with a black cloth band covering their mouths. They held aloft banners that read "Stop Terror, Save Us".
Nursery students with candles in their hands displayed posters that read "Feeling Sorry For Innocent Lives".
Special prayers were organised in schools across Kolkata, Howrah and other districts.
While most of the schools observed a two-minute silence for the dead, children joined by their teachers also took out silent marches in the city condemning the attack.
Teachers and students at Calcutta University too paid homage to the victims and condemned the attack.
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Students of Jadavpur University said they were planning similar rallies in the city in the next few days.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and the Left Front also organised silent marches denouncing the attack.
The Kolkata district chapter of the Left Front took out a rally from College Square to Dharamtalla, in the city hub, calling for a united fight against terror.