PESHAWAR: The mastermind of the Army Public School (APS) Peshawar attack, Omar Mansoor, of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the attack on Bacha Khan University earlier today.

Through a post on his Facebook page, Mansoor said that four attacker were sent to the university to target the students.

Later, the post was removed from the page.

Sources said that the four attackers were wearing suicide vests but were killed by security forces’ before they could detonate their explosives.