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Principal burnt alive before pupils because she married a soldier

December 17, 2014 3:43 PM

Taliban jihadists burnt Mrs. Kazi alive while her students watched because she is married to a retired army officer.

Tahira Kazi, the principal of the Army Public School attacked by Taliban Jihadists in Pakistan was burnt to death while her students watched because she was married to a Pakistani soldier.

Kazi was torched alive by the jihadists who stormed the school, located in Peshawar, at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

According to a , it is believed that Kazi was killed in such a gruesome manner because she's married to a retired a retired army colonel, Kazi Zafrullah.

A picture obtained by MailOnline showed the deceased standing with a student who is believed to be her son.

Student Pulse gathered that one of the seven terrorist that attacked the school also blew himself up in the late principal's office.

Another teacher, 24-year-old Afsha Ahmed, was doused with petrol and set ablaze while her pupils watched after she told the terrorists that "You can only kill my students over my dead body.

The terrorists slaughtered 142 people, most of them children, in the attack that lasted 9 hours.