10 militants sentenced to life for shooting Malala Yousafzai

Updated on June 5 | Authorities said Friday that eight of the 10 men sentenced to life in prison for their alleged part in the attack on Malala Yousafzai were actually acquitted, raising new questions about Pakistan’s justice system.

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A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 men to life in prison – or 25 years, which is considered a life term – for their participation in the 2012 attack on teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai.

Yousafzai was shot in the head by members of the Taliban while riding home in a school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Two of her friends were injured as well.

Last fall, the Pakistani military arrested the 10 men for allegedly being involved in the attack. The gunmen allegedly took orders from a Pakistani Taliban leader who is hiding in Afghanistan.

Yousafzai, who is now 17, was initially treated in a hospital in Pakistan and then sent to a hospital in Britain, where she and her family now live. She was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her work promoting education for all children.

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