Malala Attackers Arrested, Pakistan Says
September 12, 2014
authorities had arrested a group of Taliban militants responsible for
shooting Malala Yousafzai, a teenage activist who was targeted for her
campaign against Taliban efforts to deny girls education.Pakistani
Taliban 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.
Asim Bajwa, head of the army’s press wing, told reporters that 10 attackers had been identified and arrested.