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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. | 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. |
Hit list found | |
"The group involved in the attack on Malala Yousafzai has been arrested," army spokesman Gen Asim Bajwa told a news conference on Friday. | "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 a faction called "Shura", which the army says is part of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or 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. | The group had been working under the instructions of Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Gen Bajwa added. |
He said the army had found a list of 22 prominent activists from the Swat area, who the group was planning to attack after Malala. | |
The men are currently being interrogated and will face an anti-terrorism court soon, he said. | |
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. | 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. |
She came to public attention in 2009 by writing a diary for BBC Urdu about life under Taliban militants who had taken control of the valley. | |
She was awarded the EU's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize last year. | |
She is now based in Birmingham in the UK, after she was flown there for treatment in the aftermath of the attack. | |
She is unable to return to Pakistan due to Taliban death threats against her and her family. |