Eight out of 10 Malala suspects 'secretly acquitted'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai were actually set free, it has emerged.

In April, officials in Pakistan said that 10 Taliban fighters had been found guilty and received 25-year sentences.

But sources have now confirmed to the BBC that only two of the men who stood trial were convicted.
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Muneer Ahmed, a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London, said on Friday that the eight men were acquitted because of a lack of evidence.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33018334

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. and, remember, Dubya wouldn't strike within Pakistan to get Osama

out of fear of hurting the feelings of this same corrupt government in Pakistan.

[yeoman6987]

2. Great 8 terrorists on the loose

What could go wrong?

[geek tragedy]

4. Probably being given a mission inside India.

[geek tragedy]

3. Pakistan is still Pakistan. nt

[cosmicone]

5. They were ISI assets just like Osama

Pakistan is a cancer to the world and should be balkanized into smaller, docile, harmless countries.

Free Balochistan!! Go Baloch Liberation Army!!!

[samsingh]

6. pathetiic

[eissa]

7. Geez people

They only tried to kill a girl

[riversedge]

8. Sickening.

[sofa king]

9. "Does it really matter so long as it goes away?"