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Assam Assembly condemns Peshawar school attack; pays respect

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
All members of Assam Assembly today condemned the terrorist attack on school children in Pakistan's Peshawar and condoled the death of 148 persons.

"It is a very inhuman act to kill school children. We as a House, express our deepest condolence for the people killed in the attack," Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi said on the last day of the Winter Session.

The members of the House remembered the victims and paid their respect by observing a minute's of silence.

The terrorist attack on an Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16 left 132 children and 16 staff members dead.

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First Published: Dec 19 2014 | 5:35 PM IST

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