Officials in Pakistan have confirmed that at least 250 schoolchildren between 12 and 18 years old and several teachers were taken hostage by at least seven militants inside a high school in Domail.
You use militant to describe people who believe in something very strongly and are active in trying to bring about political or social change, often in extreme ways that other people find unacceptable. Militant mineworkers in the Ukraine have voted for a one-day stoppage next month. Militant is also a noun. The militants might still find some new excuse to call a strike. + militancy mili·tan·cy the rise of trade union militancy. + militantly mili·tant·ly Their army is militantly nationalist. a militant organization or person is willing to use strong or violent action in order to achieve political or social change (present participle of militare , from miles; MILITARY)
showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"