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Militants who attacked Malala arrested
Saturday, 13 September 2014 ~ The Pakistani army says it has arrested the gunmen who tried to kill schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai in the country's restive northwest in 2012.
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Malala's Father: Arrests Show 'Hope' for Pakistan
September 12, 2014 ~ The father of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has called the arrest of his daughter's alleged attackers "the beginning of real hope" for Pakistan.
Militants who attacked Malala arrested
Saturday, 13 September 2014 ~ The Pakistani army says it has arrested the gunmen who tried to kill schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai in the country's restive northwest in 2012.
The teenage activist was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen but recovered and went on to earn international plaudits for her fight for the right of all children to an education. The detention of the 10 men, a joint operation involving army, police and intelligence agencies, came as part of the Pakistani military's ongoing offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other extremist outfits. 'The group involved in the attack on Malala Yousafzai has been arrested,' Major General Asim Bajwa told a news conference on Friday.
He said the group was part of the TTP and the plan to kill Malala came from network's current leader Maulana Fazlullah. After narrowly surviving the assassination bid, Malala was taken to Britain with her family for treatment, where she now lives. Her courageous recovery has made her a global figure - she won the EU's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize last year and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
An address she gave to the United Nations General Assembly in July last year, in which she vowed she would never be silenced, earned her a standing ovation. Malala first rose to prominence in 2009, aged just 11, with a blog for the BBC Urdu service chronicling life under Taliban rule in Swat, the beautiful valley in northwestern Pakistan where she lived.
Militants who attacked Malala arrested
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Malala's Father: Arrests Show 'Hope' for Pakistan
September 12, 2014 ~ The father of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has called the arrest of his daughter's alleged attackers "the beginning of real hope" for Pakistan.
Pakistani officials announced Friday they had apprehended 10 suspects in the attempted assassination of Malala, who recovered from grave injuries to become a globally recognized human rights figure. Authorities say the men acted on orders from the Pakistani Taliban and were part of Tehrik-e-Taliban, an umbrella group for militant organizations in Pakistan's tribal areas. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a statement on the teen's official website, her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, said the arrests marked a turning point for reestablishing the rule of law in Pakistan. "This is the beginning of the real restoration of the writ of the government, where the rule of law and justice prevails for all," he wrote.
Pakistani schoolgirl and activist Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations, New York
Malala had been promoting girls' education in Pakistan when she was shot in the head in 2012. Two other young women also were wounded in the attack. Malala was taken to Britain for treatment and now lives there with her family, because of threats to her safety in Pakistan.
The suspects are expected to be tried in anti-terrorism courts, which have been criticized in the past for releasing suspects because of an alleged lack of evidence. Malala has published a memoir and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala s Father Arrests Show Hope for Pakistan
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