Malala Yousufzai: Pakistan official says 2 arrested over teen's shooting; Family gets "ray of hope"
Source: CBS News
(CBS News) ISLAMABAD - A senior Pakistani intelligence official told CBS News that two people were in custody Friday for suspected links to the shooting of Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old girl whose brave stand against the Taliban has left her in critical condition in a military hospital.
One of the two men arrested was described as an important suspect, but the official would not say whether he was believed to have been the gunman who singled Malala out as she rode home from school earlier this week and shot her twice at close range.
CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports that Malala, who campaigned for years for girls' rights to an education in spite of threats from the Islamic extremist group, remained unconscious and on ventilator Friday. Her condition was described as stable but still critical.
A close friend of family, meanwhile, told CBS News that doctors had given Malala's family a "ray of hope" after seeing MRI scans that showed a bullet entered her skull but did not appear to have caused significant damage to vital parts of the brain.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57531164/malala-yousufzai-pakistan-official-says-2-arrested-over-teens-shooting-family-gets-ray-of-hope
Well there's good news on both counts.
Kyad06
(127 posts)why is this not a problem but Iran is ?
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)He said a terrorist getting their hands on one of Pakistan's nukes is a bigger problem then Iran wanting nukes.
randome
(34,845 posts)"Or, in the case of your wives, the chance to wash your feet for Eternity."
Talk about low-information idiots, these imbeciles take the cake -to shoot a fourteen year old girl because they don't like the mean things she says.
drm604
(16,230 posts)I guess they think this makes them big men. What the hell is wrong with these evil stupid M-F'ers?
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politicaljack78
(312 posts)All this child wants is an opportunity. An opportunity to better herself and in turn her family in essence be a beacon for all others around her, yes this is unattainable.
For the heartless cowards who did this, I have contempt for you and the blind-hatred which allows you to commit such a senseless act. I also have pity for you, in the sense that you can become so callous. Try educating yourself to the world around you, instead of tearing down others, even to the point of attempted murder.
hue
(4,949 posts)This is what the misogynists want to suppress. The women must be covered from head to toe so they are nonentities outside their home. They are not allowed to go to med school so they cannot become doctors but the conservative tribal elders do not allow a male doctor to examine them. This is just one example of how severely women/females are suppressed.
I hope Malala and Her Family can eventually be evacuated from that area as the risk to them is so great!
alp227
(32,044 posts)The police said Friday that they had made several arrests in connection with the Talibans shooting of Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old education activist who was critically injured, but militant commanders in northwestern Pakistan reiterated their intention to kill the schoolgirl or her father.
full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/world/asia/malala-yousafzai-faces-new-taliban-threat.html
Archae
(46,340 posts)Give them a nuke.
"Abdul, what's that noise? Sounds like ticking..."