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| Malala Yousafzai suspects arrested, Pakistan army says | |
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| Militants suspected of shooting activist Malala Yousafzai have been arrested, Pakistan's army says. | Militants suspected of shooting activist Malala Yousafzai have been arrested, Pakistan's army says. |
| The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 because of her campaign for girls' education. | The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 because of her campaign for girls' education. |
| They boarded her school bus in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley and opened fire, in an assault that also wounded two of her school friends. | They boarded her school bus in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley and opened fire, in an assault that also wounded two of her school friends. |
| She has since recovered from the attack, which shocked the world and catapulted her to international fame. | She has since recovered from the attack, which shocked the world and catapulted her to international fame. |
| She was named one of Time magazine's most influential people in 2013, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and has just released an autobiography. | |
| "The group involved in the attack on Malala Yousafzai has been arrested," army spokesman Gen Asim Bajwa told a news conference on Friday. | |
| He said 10 members of the Pakistani TTP had been arrested in a joint operation with Pakistan's army, police and intelligence services. | |
| The group had been working under the instructions of Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Gen Bajwa added. | |
| Malala Yousafzai, who was 15 at the time of the attack, had already gained prominence for demanding rights to education and for girl children in Pakistan. |