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Several suspects arrested in Pakistan school attack

AKIPRESS.COM - _79880391_025185095-1Police in Pakistan say they have arrested several people suspected of involvement in last week's Peshawar school massacre.

Pakistan's interior minister said the men were "facilitators" in the attack, which left 141 people dead, including 132 children.

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan added that intelligence indicated another attack was in the planning.

The Pakistani Taliban says it attacked the military-run school.

All seven attackers were reportedly killed. The Taliban said the raid was in revenge for an army offensive in the north-western region near the border with Afghanistan.

After the attack, the country lifted a moratorium on its use of the death penalty and has since executed six men.

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