Pakistani girl who spoke out against Taliban shot, wounded
Last edited Tue Oct 9, 2012, 08:31 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: Reuters
Gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against Taliban militants, authorities said.
Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck when gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Two other girls were also wounded, police said.
Yousufzai became famous for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban at a time when even the government seemed to be appeasing the hardline Islamists.
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The Taliban set up courts, executed residents and closed girls' schools, including the one that Yousufzai attended. A documentary team filmed her weeping as she explained her ambition to be a doctor.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/09/us-pakistan-schoolgirl-idUSBRE8980EB20121009
TTP accepts attacking Malala Yousafzai in Swat
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban accepts responsibility of attacking National Peace Award winner and young Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who with another girl was injured in the attack on their school van on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
Speaking to Dawn.coms correspondent Zahir Shah Sherazi from an undisclosed destination, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said that the TTP accepts responsibility of the attack as Malala was propagating anti-Taliban and secular thoughts among the youth of the area.
Malala was returning home from her school in Swats Mingora area when her van was attacked by the gunmen.
Certain media outlets reported that the gunmen attacked the van on identifying the young childrens rights activist.
http://dawn.com/2012/10/09/malala-yousufzai-injured-in-gun-attack-on-school-van-in-swat/
MissHoneychurch
(33,600 posts)to be afraid of a little girl. If you can't get them to agree with you just shot them. Just disgusting and so sad
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)i have`t seen you in awhile!
MissHoneychurch
(33,600 posts)I am still around, mostly lurking though.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)wet dream :p
maybe we can send all of ours over there :p
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Any chance the shooters get identified, caught and tried?
iandhr
(6,852 posts)There is a lot of sympathy for militants within the Pakistani establishment.
carla
(553 posts)attempting to kill a girl because her words offend them. Can we please go and start a war for the cause of women and girls? FUCK THE TALIBAN and all men who "think" as they do!!!
janlyn
(735 posts)To attack a child has to be one of the most heinous crimes!!!
They do this in the name of Islam and think their works will let them enter heaven....I have to believe in my heart that there is a special place in hell for people like them.