Student describes how he 'played dead' after being shot in Peshawar school attack
A 16-year-old student has spoken of how he played dead to avoid gunmen after he was injured in the attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The boy was shot in both legs and feared the fighters would come back to kill him.
As Taliban militants hunted students through the school he pushed the tie from his school uniform into his mouth to stop himself screaming as he pretended he was already a victim of the attack.
He told Agence France-Presse: