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Malala attack: Swat police arrest three key suspects
Arrest announced by DPO Swat, suspects moved to undisclosed location for further investigations.
Arrest announced by DPO Swat, suspects moved to undisclosed location for further investigations. PHOTO: FAZAL KHALIQ/ FILE
SWAT: Police in Swat have arrested three key suspects believed to be involved in the attack on Malala Yousafzai, Express News reported on Friday.
Malala had come under attack when she was on her way home from school. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Eshanullah Ehsan had claimed that the militant group was behind the attack.
The arrest of the suspects was announced by the District Police Officer (DPO) of Swat, however, he did not reveal any names. The suspects were moved to an undisclosed location for further investigations.
The DPO said that the mastermind of the attack, Attaullah, will also be arrested soon.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik had earlier claimed that the attackers had been identified.
Malala Yousafzai, 14, who won international recognition for a blog about the horrors of life under the Taliban and a campaign for the right to an education, is the highest-profile target of militants in Swat for more than three years.
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What is his name?where was he from?DPO sahab,where are the details? Has the real cultprit been caught or some poor guy scapegoated to save embarassment for the area police?
complete details of the guy should be released to the public.
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Hope they’ve booked the right ones
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This is all BS and nothing else.
Have you ever seen any culprit who has been caught & hanged lately?
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What a joke
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Why are their names not published? The victim’s name, address and photos are all over the media
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@Abdul Basit who asks “What is his name?where was he from?”
His name is Heera Lal and he was from Indian state of Haryana.
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@Abdul Basit:
Don’t be impatient.
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innocent child used by professional criminals in thier dirty game against terrorism.
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@UJ:
What do you mean by lately ? none hv been given any punishment though many claims are there for their arrest but released due to lack of proper investigation and evidence by the police and prosecution….
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what’s latest news about her?
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@Abdul Basit: You are absolutely 100 percent correct.
Mr. Rahman Malik has been screaming himself hoarse from day one that we have caught some suspects. They never, show their faces, give out their names and CNIC numbers, they cover their heads with a dirty cloth and they are always talking BS. No trials take place and no punishments handed out.
The killer must now be smoking ‘shisha’ in Afghanistan at this time. What a country. Salams
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al lip service. What have they done about terrorist caught red handed, while they were acting out their crime at Ahmadis place of worship? They are all relaxing as guest of the state or province.
What has happened to the killer of Salman Taseer…nothing…
so dont expect anything from our government, except lip service, and keeping for years some innocent person in jail
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If we want to be a “nation” the we must go after SATAN MULLAH FAZALULLAH in his hideout in Afghanistan. We have a capable ARMY and AIRFORCE, can some leader tell me that why can;t we go after the perpetrators of the worst attacks on our soil. Are we impotent militarily or what?
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At the end of the day, we will need a judge who is not afraid of Talibans and does not acquit on the pretext of lack of proper prosecution.
Long live Malala and her noble cause!!!
Down with Taliban dogs and all their sympathisers in politics, media, India & America!!!
The Indians & Americans are behind TTP so that they can use these goondas against Pakistan as and when they need them.
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The responses indicate that majority is not concerned. See the hysteria and number of comments flooding against America and the response of this attack. Surely the religious hard cores have a huge support. Remember the killer of the minister who got support even from lawyers.
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I know their names! I knew the ones in 26/11 as well even before the conspiracy was hatched. The one who attacked Malala is Amar Singh and he is a sikh. Didnt you see them wearing saffron bands ?? How could you ? After all special jinns have given me special vision to see and imagine all these things . But belive me my children all this is true and we will be hearing Radio Pakistan from Delhi very soon!
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If the right people are identified and brought, Pakistan will be looked at a little differently.
This I doubt very much.
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@Abdul Basit:
All our agencies are Jokers!! they do not have a clue todate.
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@Zaid Hamid:
are you drunk? Why did not you informed our most efficient elite security agencies about it, timely.
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@mr. righty rightist:
Get a life. This is not the time for your sarcasm or twisted sense of humour.
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they must not be arrested they should be eliminated after taking full details of other wolves.
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book and execute them. please do not hand them over to Judiciary or they will be released. hand them over to Army execution squad.
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Rather than going through the motions and arresting a few people for show – why not get off your duffs and take the battle to the Taliban who have already acknowledge their guilt? Maybe it’s time for the Taliban to understand that their are consequences for their actions?
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@Shahid – I can assure you this American is not behind the TTP, nor are ANY that I know. They are scum. Subhuman. My best wishes for a speedy recovery for Malala. She is an inspiration to the entire world.
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@mr. righty rightist:
You got it wrong bro … He ain’t asking the Indian police, who see ISI everywhere, even in their dreams.!!!
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