Nine Busted in Malala Attack

October 25, 2012 from CNN

Pakistan police have arrested nine in the attack on 15-year-old activist schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, including suspected local ringleader, Atta Ullah Khan, his mom, brother and fiancee. Malala's dad told the Telegraph that her recovery from a gunshot to the head has been "miraculous."

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