Taliban claim responsibility for shooting young activist

 AGI.IT

16:33 09 OTT 2012

(AGI) – Miranshah, Oct. 9 – The Taliban has claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding 14-year-old Malala Yusyufzai, who is campaigning to bring peace back to Pakistan’s Swat Valley and the right to be educated. Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said in a phone call that his organization was responsible, adding that anyone who speaks against the Taliban will be attacked in the same way. Yusyufzai came to the attention of the world in 2009 when she told the BBC Urdu service of Taliban atrocities. She was on a bus that was taking her to school in the town of Mingora, when an armed man stopped and entered the bus asking which one was Malala. Once he had identified her, he shot her three times with a pistol. The first shot hit her in the face, the second hit a friend and the third hit another friend in the leg. Malala was flown by an Interior Ministry helicopter to a hospital in Peshawar, where doctors say the young girl is in stable conditions and out of danger. . .

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2 Replies to “Taliban claim responsibility for shooting young activist”

  1. Whatever you may say of the Taleban, you have to admit that they are really brave fighters. I mean, to board a school bus full of girls, and then to shoot a 14 year old girl in the face – that is real courage and bravery.