Peshawar attack: People around the world react to school massacre

People from around the world are condemning the Taliban's horrific attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, where 141 people were killed, the majority of them students.

"The loss of innocent children is the loss of the nation," Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a statement posted to Facebook.

World leaders were among those who took to Twitter to denounce the assault. The White House relayed a message from President Barack Obama, who called the attack "heinous."

British Prime Minister David Cameron also expressed outrage.

French President François Hollande called the attack unspeakable.

"I condemn with the utmost firmness the despicable attack against a school in Peshawar," Hollande said in a statement. "No words can describe the enormity of such an attack against children in their school."

Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, joined them.

Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl who in 2012 survived being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman outside her school for speaking about about girls' rights, said she was "heartbroken" by Tuesday's attack.

"I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us," Malala, who in October became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, said in a statement posted to Facebook. "Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this. I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of Pakistan whose efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable. I, along with millions of others around the world, mourn these children, my brothers and sisters — but we will never be defeated."

Kailash Satyarthi, who also won a Nobel Peace Prize this year, for his efforts to end child slavery, called it "one of the darkest days of humanity."

Meanwhile, video taken near the school in northwestern Pakistan showed first responders arriving at the scene, then transporting victims to local hospitals.

"My son was in uniform in the morning — he is in a casket now," said Tahir Ali, who came to the hospital to collect the body of his 14-year-old son, Abdullah. "My son was my dream. My dream has been killed."