Sentence:  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 <WSD>militants</WSD> inside a high school in Domail. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. (from 19th c.)