Taliban: ‘Very good news’ Malala didn’t win Nobel Peace Prize

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said on Friday that it was “very good news” that the Nobel Peace Prize committee did not to choose Malala Yousafzai for the award, according to an NBC News report.

Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid praised the committee for “not selecting this immature girl for this famous award.” Western media had been portraying the 16-year-old Yousafzai as the favorite to win the prize.

Yousafzai received death threats from the Taliban for her outspoken views on education rights and was shot by members of the group last year while on a school bus in her Pakistani village.

Now, the Taliban group has vowed to once again harm the teenager.

“If we get another chance, we will definitely kill her and that will make us feel proud,” Shahid said.