schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai
THE schoolgirl shot in the head for defying the Taliban in Pakistan arrived in the UK yesterday for life-saving hospital treatment.
Brave Malala Yousafzai, 14, is due to spend MONTHS being cared for by specialists who have honed their skills treating soldiers flown back from Afghanistan.Medical director Dr Dave Rosser said outside Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital:
“We expect she’ll be in for a long time. Colleagues in Pakistan believe she has a chance of making a good recovery.”
Malala, whose specially-equipped 12-hour flight arrived at Birmingham at 2.50pm, will have her treatment paid for by Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai is taken to the airport
Her plight has touched millions worldwide after she was targeted for daring to stand up to Taliban leaders in the northwestern Swat Valley.
She had written a blog about the brutality of their thugs and championed the rights of girls to go to school.
Then last Tuesday a masked gunman boarded her school bus and said:
“Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all.” After recognising Malala, he shot her at point blank range.
cops with Malala Yousafzai's ambulance leaving Birmingham airport
Last night Foreign Secretary William Hague branded it “a cowardly attack” and hailed Malala as “an inspiration”.
He went on: “The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism.”
Downing Street said: “We offered our help to the government of Pakistan in caring for her, because she does need particular specialist care.”
Malala’s pal Shazia Ramzan, 14, who was injured in the bus attack, vowed in Pakistan: “She will recover and we will go back to school and study.”
The Sun
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