10 men arrested in acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls

10 men arrested in acid attack on Afghan schoolgirls

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-acid26-2008nov26,0,7121673.story

Officials say the assailants are Taliban militants opposed to the education of girls. Eleven students and four adults were burned.
By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King
2:59 PM PST, November 25, 2008

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Islamabad, Pakistan -- Even amid the everyday brutality of war, it was an especially horrific attack: Assailants this month splashed battery acid on a group of Afghan girls, punishing them for going to school.

On Tuesday, Afghan authorities announced the arrests of 10 men, described as Taliban militants, in connection with the Nov. 12 attack in the southern city of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement.

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Men on motorbikes carried out the assault, targeting a group of about a dozen girls who were accompanied by several female teachers. Eleven schoolgirls and four adults were hurt, and at least two of the girls were hospitalized with burned and blistered faces.

The attack drew worldwide attention, with condemnations from human rights groups, the United Nations, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. First Lady Laura Bush

Then let them live the rest of their lives as melted specimens.

Just sayin'