Gunmen shoot and wound teen activist in Swat
Gunmen shot
and wounded a teenage Pakistani children’s rights activist as she boarded a
school bus yesterday in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat, police said.
Malala
Yousafzai, 14, won international recognition for highlighting Taliban atrocities
in Swat by blogging for the BBC.
She received
the first ever national peace award from the Pakistani government last year and
was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by advocacy group
KidsRights Foundation last year.
“Malala was
getting into her school bus after school when two gunmen opened fire on her,
injuring her and one of her friends,” local police official Rasool Shah said.
Swat Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain confirmed the shooting in Mingora, the main town ofSwat
Swat Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain confirmed the shooting in Mingora, the main town of
Yousafzai was
shot in the forehead and was taken to the northwestern city of Peshawar
INSURGENCY
The Pakistani
army in 2009 effectively crushed a two-year Taliban insurgency in Swat, where
cleric Maulana Fazlullah presided over a brutal campaign of beheadings,
violence and multiple attacks on girls’ schools.
After fierce
fighting displaced about 2 million people, the army declared the region back
under control in July 2009.
Despite
sporadic outbreaks of violence, the government has since tried to encourage
tourism in Swat.
It had been
popular with Pakistani and Western holidaymakers for its stunning mountains,
balmy summer weather and winter skiing.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-police
WHEN-yesterday
WHAT-gunman shot and wounded teenage Pakistani children's rights activist
WHY-not given
WHERE-in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat
HOW-as she boarded a school bus
Keywords：
Keywords：
- activist 積極分子，行動主義者
- board 上(船，車，飛機)
- stronghold 據點，大本營
- atrocity 暴行
- confirm 證實
- insurgency 叛亂
- preside over 負責
- fierce 猛烈的
- sporadic 零星的
- outbreak 暴動
