2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai

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The 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai was an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban on the teenage education activist that drew global condemnation and turned her into an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination attempt ⓘ
attack on a child ⓘ
event ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
aftermath Malala Yousafzai airlifted to Peshawar ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai transferred to the United Kingdom for treatment ⓘ
claimedBy Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ⓘ
claimedBySpokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
date 2012-10-09 ⓘ
injured Kainat Riaz ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
Shazia Ramzan ⓘ
location Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Mingora ⓘ
Swat District ⓘ
longTermImpactOnVictim Malala Yousafzai became global symbol of girls' education ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai continued activism after recovery ⓘ
medicalTreatmentLocation Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham ⓘ
method shooting ⓘ
motive enforcement of extremist interpretation of Sharia ⓘ
opposition to girls' education ⓘ
retaliation for activism ⓘ
numberOfAttackers 1 ⓘ
organizedBy Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leadership ⓘ
partOf Taliban insurgency in Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Taliban insurgency
perpetrator Pakistani Taliban ⓘ
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ⓘ
reaction condemnation by Pakistani government ⓘ
condemnation by United Nations ⓘ
condemnation by international human rights organizations ⓘ
result global condemnation ⓘ
heightened security concerns in Pakistan ⓘ
increased international support for girls' education ⓘ
serious head injury to Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
target Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
targetedFor blogging against Taliban rule in Swat ⓘ
girls' education activism ⓘ
transportContext school bus attack ⓘ
victim Kainat Riaz ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
Shazia Ramzan ⓘ
victimAge 15 ⓘ
victimCitizenship Pakistani ⓘ
victimOccupation education activist ⓘ
student ⓘ
weaponUsed firearm ⓘ
year 2012 ⓘ

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I Am Malala → describesEvent → 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
He Named Me Malala → portraysEvent → 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan → notableAttack → 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
subject linked to: Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
Shazia Ramzan → victimOf → 2012 Taliban shooting of Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
linked to: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai
Shazia Ramzan → dateOfEvent → 2012 Taliban attack on Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
linked to: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai
Kainat Riaz → victimOf → 2012 Taliban shooting of schoolgirls in Swat Valley ⓘ
linked to: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai