Peshawar, Pakistan - Gunmen opened fire on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least three children and the driver, a police official said.
Fifteen children were wounded, he said. The children on the bus were around nine years old.
“First a rocket was fired but it didn't hit. Then gunmen opened fire,” said Sahibzada Sajjad, deputy superintendent of police in Peshawar, where Taliban militants, who are close to al-Qaeda, often carry out attacks.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Pakistan's Taliban, also allies of militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, are waging a campaign of mostly suicide bombings in a bid to topple the US-backed government.
Al-Qaeda have suffered several setbacks since US special forces killed Osama bin Laden in a secret raid in Pakistan on May 2. But the Pakistani Taliban, who vowed to avenge his death, have carried out a series of attacks.
Another policeman said the shooting occurred near the Khyber Model School, which employed the bus. - Reuters