Eight men prosecuted for attack on Malala ‘were secretly freed’
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Malala with her Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo ceremony
Eight of the 10 men who were supposedly given 25-year sentences for their part in the gun attack on education campaigner have been set free, according to reports today.
Authorities in Pakistan said in April that all of being involved in the 2012 shooting of the schoolgirl.
But the British that only two are actually serving prison sentences.
It claimed the trial 鶹APP which was held behind closed doors at a military facility 鶹APP had been 鶹APPa pathetic sham鶹APP. The Mirror story added that 鶹APPa senior security source in Pakistan accused officials of lying over the trial and convictions鶹APP. It said the source claimed the eight were released 鶹APPquietly, to avoid a media fuss鶹APP.
Malala makes her famous speech at the UN
Hours after the Mirror report appeared online, the that only two men had actually been convicted.
It added: 鶹APPThe court judgement 鶹APP seen for the first time on Friday more than a month after the trial 鶹APP claims that the two men convicted were those who shot Ms Yousafzai in 2012.鶹APP
The BBC quotedMuneer Ahmed, a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London, as saying the eight other men were acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
Malala, now 17, suffered serious head injuries when she was attacked on her school bus for campaigning against Taliban efforts to deny girls an education.
She was only 15 at the time 鶹APP but recovered from her injuries to become a world-renowned symbol of the fight for education for all. She delivered a famous and went on to last year.