Pakistan court jails 10 for involvement in attack on Malala

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Pakistan court jails 10 for involvement in attack on Malala
SHERIN ZADA, Associated Press

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison for their involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, a public prosecutor said.

Sayed Naeem said the court announced the ruling at an undisclosed location because of security concerns.

"Each militant got 25 years in jail. It is life in prison for the 10 militants who were tried by an anti-terrorist court," he said. In Pakistan 25 years is considered a life sentence.

Malala was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban when she was returning from school. The militants targeted her because she advocated education for women. Malala was initially treated in Pakistan, but was later flown to a hospital in Britain, where she now lives with her family.

Malala, now 17, won world acclaim for her campaign and last year was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Mullah Fazlullah, the Taliban leader who ordered the attack, is still at large, as are other militants who took part in it. The 10 who were sentenced on Thursday were detained by the military last year.

Also Thursday, the military said that 27 militants and five soldiers were killed in a gunbattle in the country's volatile northwestern Khyber tribal region. The statement said the military was making strong gains in Khyber, a known militant stronghold.

Last June, Pakistan launched a major offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region, a longtime haven for the Taliban and other militant groups.
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Associated Press Writer Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-05-01

[Credo]

It's a sad commentary on things when you can get a Nobel prize quicker than you can get justice for an attack.

[Lantern]

Agreed, but at least they got what they deserved.

[marquisdesade]

they should be publicly sodomized, and then boiled in pig fat.

[malathione]

Hang 'em! Gosh darn, why spend money keeping them alive?!

[lucky11]

It's a sad commentary on things when you can get a Nobel prize quicker than you can get justice for an attack.

.....But she has both now!!

[JockPieandBeans]

"Each militant got 25 years in jail. It is life in prison for the 10 militants who were tried by an anti-terrorist court," he said. In Pakistan 25 years is considered a life sentence.

I thought that Pakistan had re-introduced the death penalty for terrorists ?

Or are the Pakistan Branch of the Taliban not considered terrorists ?

[Steely Dan]

It's a sad commentary on things when you can get a Nobel prize quicker than you can get justice for an attack.

Has it occurred that the two go together? The award of the Nobel prize may have shamed the Pakistani government into taking action they otherwise wouldn't.

[Credo]

It's a sad commentary on things when you can get a Nobel prize quicker than you can get justice for an attack.

Has it occurred that the two go together? The award of the Nobel prize may have shamed the Pakistani government into taking action they otherwise wouldn't.

Actually, no. I don't think one should have to get a Nobel prize in order to receive justice, but that's just me.

[simple1]

It's a sad commentary on things when you can get a Nobel prize quicker than you can get justice for an attack.

Has it occurred that the two go together? The award of the Nobel prize may have shamed the Pakistani government into taking action they otherwise wouldn't.

Isn't the additional focus on terrorism an outcome of the Pakistani Taliban attack on an army school that killed 150, mostly children? An interesting article on terrorism within Pakistan below.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/donaldkirk/2015/03/11/pakistans-escalating-war-on-terror-means-executing-criminals/

In 2014 one report estimates deaths from terrorism in Pakistan were:

Civilian - 1781

Security forces - 533

Extremists - 3182

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/database/casualties.htm

[malathione]

Isn't the additional focus on terrorism an outcome of the Pakistani Taliban attack on an army school that killed 150, mostly children? An interesting article on terrorism within Pakistan below.

Partly so. If I remember correctly, their offensive in North Waziristan preceded the attack on the school. Remains to be seen if regulate or shut down the religious seminaries feeding the terrorists with new recruits.