Pakistan makes arrests in girl’s shooting
Posted: October 13, 2012 at 3:54 a.m.
Students pray Friday in Peshawar, Pakistan, for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday for speaking out in support of education for women.
Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the fundamentalist Islamic movement, officials said Friday.
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