PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court jailed 10 men for 25 years each on Thursday for involvement in the 2012 shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, targeted for her campaign against Taliban efforts to deny girls education.
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Malala as she travelled home from school in her home in Swat, northwest of the capital, Islamabad.
"Judge Mohammad Amin Kundi in his verdict gave 25 years jail to all of these people," said a court official in Swat, where the 10 were convicted in an anti-terrorism court.
They were the first convictions for the attack.
Malala was seriously wounded and airlifted to Britain for treatment, where she now lives. Two other schoolgirls were wounded.
Since then, Malala has become a symbol of defiance in the fight against militants operating in ethnic Pashtun areas in northwest Pakistan. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
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Malala is an amazing young woman. She is not just a symbol of defiance. Her peacefulness and power of forgiveness, while remaining true to the fight for girls education, are a model for the world. She should have received the Nobel sooner, but it went to Obama. Regardless of whether one likes him or not, she was the most deserving, period. That failure on the committee's part tarnished the Prize.
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