Graphical Photo: First pictures inside the Pakistan university where Taliban gunmen executed at least 30 people after storming campus while students slept

Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan today, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens as the army hunted for any gunmen still holed up on the campus. Victims included students, guards, policemen and at least one teacher, who was hailed a hero after firing back at the attackers to protect his students. Photos after the cut.

Fanatics stormed the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, around 30 miles from the city of Peshawar, in the latest outrage to hit the militant-infested region.

A security official said the death toll could rise to as high as 40 as army commandos cleared out student hostels and classrooms. 

Many were apparently shot in the head execution-style as militants armed with AK-47 machine guns stalked the premises.

A Pakistani soldier searches a bedroom covered in blood (left) while others find bodies on a stairway (right) after an attack by Taliban militants at Bacha Khan university in northwest Pakistan