Headlines
Nobel laureate Malala's attackers get life term in Pakistan
Islamabad, April 30
An anti-terrorism court
(ATC) in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced ten men to 25 years'
imprisonment in the case related to the 2012 attack on child activist
Malala Yousufzai.
The ATC in Swat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkwha
province awarded life imprisonment to the 10 men who attacked Malala,
who was campaigning for the education of girls.
Those sentenced
were identified as Bilal, Shaukat, Salman, Zafar Iqbal, Israrullah,
Zafar Ali, Irfan, Izhar, Adnan and Ikram, Dawn online reported.
The
Pakistan Army in September 2014 claimed the 10 Taliban terrorists
involved in the attack on Malala Yousufzai were arrested and announced
they would be tried under anti-terror laws.
The arrests were made on information provided by Israrullah, one of the alleged shooters, who was the first to be arrested.
Malala
was 14 when a Tehreek-e-Taliban gunman shot her in the head as she
travelled on a school bus. Last year she was honoured with the Nobel
Peace Prize alongside India's Kailash Satyarthi for risking their lives
to fight for children's rights.
Malala survived after being airlifted to Britain for treatment and recovered from her life-threatening wounds.