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Malala's attackers arrested: ISPR
ReutersISLAMABAD – Pakistan's army said on Friday that authorities had arrested a group of militants responsible for shooting Malala Yousafzai, a teenage activist who was targeted for her campaign against militant efforts to deny girls education.
Pakistani militants have claimed responsibility for shooting Malala in 2012 for her passionate advocacy of women's right to education but no one had until now been arrested. Two other schoolgirls were wounded in the attack. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Asim Bajwa told journalists that 10 attackers had been identified and arrested.
Malala survived and was airlifted to Britain for treatment, and had since become a symbol of boldness in the fight against militants operating in tribal areas in North Waziristan Pakistan. Malala had won the European Union's human rights award and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year.
Now based in Britain, she is unable to return to her homeland because of militant threats to kill her and her family members.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk