マララさん「私たちは決して負けません」パキスタン学校襲撃事件を強く非難
パキスタン北西部のペシャワールで12月16日、イスラム過激派「パキスタン・タリバーン運動(TPP)」の兵士が陸軍経営の学校を襲撃した事件で、少なくとも141人が殺害され、121人が怪我を負った。パキスタン陸軍スポークスマンのアシム・バジワ氏は、死者のうち132人は子供であったと述べた。
バジワ氏は、8時間に及ぶタリバーン兵士とパキスタン軍部隊との間の銃撃戦の末、篭城戦は終わり、7人のテロリスト全員が射殺されたと発表した。
2012年に、女性の教育を受ける権利をブログなどで発信しタリバーンに銃撃され、14年にノーベル平和賞を受賞したマララ・ユスフザイさんは次のような声明を発表した。
「本日ペシャワールで発生した、この非常識で血も涙もないテロ行為を目の当たりにし、悲しみに打ちひしがれています。学校に通う罪のない子供たちが、このような恐怖にさらされることがあってはなりません。私はこのような残忍で卑怯な行為を強く非難します。そしてパキスタン政府、軍と一致団結して立ち向かいます。パキスタン政府と軍が、これまでこの恐ろしい事件への対応に尽力していることを称賛します。私は、世界中の人々と共に子供たち、私の兄弟姉妹を追悼します。私たちは決して負けません」
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A Pakistani injured student who survived a Taliban attack on a school that killed more than 100 people, admits at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai issued a statement in response to the attack: "I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us. Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this." (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Wounded Pakistani student Mehran rests on a hospital bed after Taliban gunmen attacked a school in Peshawar on December 17, 2014. Militants rampaged through an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar and killed at least 141 people, almost all of them children, in the bloodiest ever terror attack in Pakistan. AFP PHOTO / FAROOQ NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistan army soldiers cordon off the area of a bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. A bomb attached to a motorcycle struck an army vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing soldiers, a police official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Hours later, Pakistani jets killed 22 militants in a troubled northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani Shiite Muslims offer funeral prayers of school attack victim in Peshawar on December 16, 2014. At least 130 people were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in northwest Pakistan, officials said. AFP PHOTO/Hasham AHMED (Photo credit should read HASHAM AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: Pakistani people attend the funeral for a victim of a Taliban assault on an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at 141 people dead, including 132 students and nine staff members. (Photo by Muhammad Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: A Pakistani soldier carries school bags of a group of children following the attack by the army-run school, attacked by Taliban gunmen in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan on December 16, 2014. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at least 141 people dead, most of them students as well as 6 gunmen killed. (Photo by Muhammad Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: An injured victim is being carried out at a hospital following an attack by Taliban on an army-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16,2014. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at least 141 people dead, most of them students as well as 6 gunmen killed. (Photo by Muhammad Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: A Pakistani soldier walks together with two children following the attack by the army-run school, attacked by Taliban gunmen in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan on December 16, 2014. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at least 141 people dead, most of them students as well as 6 gunmen killed. (Photo by Muhammad Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: A Pakistani injured student is treated at the hospital after Taliban assault on an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at 141 people dead, including 132 students and nine staff members. (Photo by Bilal Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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KARACHI, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: A boy from Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) prays as he attends a candle vigil in Karachi, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014 in memory of the victims of the Taliban assault on an army-run school in the north western city of Peshawar. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at least 141 people dead, most of whom students. (Photo by Qaisar Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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KARACHI, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 16: Members of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) hold candle vigil in Karachi, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014 in memory of the victims of the Taliban assault on an army-run school in the north western city of Peshawar. Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday has left at least 141 people dead, most of whom students. (Photo by Qaisar Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A plainclothes security officer escorts students evacuated from a school as Taliban fighters attack another school nearby, killing more than 100 people, mostly children, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the attacks: "Mothers and fathers send their kids to school to learn and to be safe and to dream and to find opportunity. And particularly at this military school in Pakistan, they sent their kids there with the hope and dreams of serving their country. Instead, today they are gone, wiped away by Taliban assassins who serve a dark and almost medieval vision, and the opposite of everything that those mothers and fathers wanted for their children." (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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People who survived a Taliban attack on a school receive treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 100 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Pakistan's army spokesman Major-General Asim Bajwa briefs the media about a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 100 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A family member escorts children outside a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A Pakistani girl who was injured in a Taliban attack in a school, is rushed to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair, center, comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother who was a teacher at the school which was attacked by Taliban, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 100, mostly children, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani army soldier takes position on a bunker close to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Hospital security guards carry a students injured in the shootout at a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani volunteers carry a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A hospital security guard helps a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Hospital staff transport a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani rescue workers take out students from an ambulance who injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen, upon arrival at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital, where victims of a Taliban attack are being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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The feet of a victim of a Taliban attack in a school are tied together at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed the military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding scores, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani army troops cordon off a road leading to a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani army troops arrive to conduct an operation at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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An armored personnel carrier moves toward a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Pakistani army troops are positioned close to a school under attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Relatives of Pakistani student, Baqir Ali Bangash, 13, a victim of a Taliban attack in a school, gather around his body, during his funeral procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 100, officials said, in the highest-profile militant attack to hit the troubled region in months.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani man comforts a student standing at the bedside of a boy who was injured in a Taliban attack on a school, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing more than 100, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in over a year.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
アメリカのオバマ大統領は強い調子でこの襲撃を非難した。「我々の心と祈りをこの事件の被害者とその家族に捧げる。生徒や教師を標的にした卑劣な事件で、テロリストたちは再び彼らの劣悪さをさらした。私たちはパキスタンの人々に寄り添い、アメリカ政府はパキスタン政府がテロリズムと原理主義と戦い、この地域に安定と平和をもたらす努力をするのに協力を惜しまない」。
カイバル・パクトゥンクワ州の知事、ペルベズ・カッタク氏は殺された学生のうちのほとんどは12歳から16歳までであったと述べた。ロイターによると、武装した兵士が襲撃した際、軍公立学校と大学院の構内におよそ500人の生徒と教師がいた。
心配する両親らが非常線の外側から見守るなか、第1学年から第10学年の生徒たちが人質となった。
タリバーンの戦闘員が侵入した時点で、爆発と銃声が学校内から聞こえてきた。
「私の息子は今朝制服を着ていました。今、息子は棺の中にいます」。ある父親は悲嘆に暮れた。ターヒル・アリ氏は病院から14歳の息子の遺体が搬送されるのを見て叫んだ。「息子は私の夢だった! 私の夢は殺されてしまった!」
「私たちは試験会場にいたとき、突然銃声が鳴り始めました。先生は黙って床に伏せるようにと言いました」。襲撃があった時に学校内にいた生徒の一人が、民営テレビ局に語った。「私達は1時間床に伏せていました。たくさんの銃声が聞こえました。銃声が止んだとき、軍の兵士が来て私たちを外に連れ出しました」。
「6、7人の人が教室から教室へ移動しながら児童に向かって発砲するのを見ました」。実験助手のマッダサール・アッバス氏はパキスタンの地元紙「エキスプレス・トリビューン」に対して語った。
語生還したもののトラウマを負った子供たちは、血まみれのシーンを思い出すという。ある生徒はパキスタンの地元紙「Dawn」によると、ある生徒は「私たちが外に向かっている時に、クラスメイトの遺体が廊下に横たわっているのを見ました」と述べた。
16歳のシャラク・カーンさんは、兵士が教室に侵入して生徒を銃殺している中、机の下に隠れていて両足に銃弾を受けた。カーンさんはAFP通信の取材に対し、「私は叫ばないようにネクタイをたたんで自分の口の中に入れました」と語った。
タリバーンのスポークスマン、ムハンマド・ウマール・コラサーニ氏は電話会見で襲撃した理由について述べ、パキスタン政府がタリバーン兵士6人を殺害した報復として、6人の自爆テロリストが今回の襲撃を行ったと述べた。一方、州知事によると、武装した兵士は8人いたと述べている。
コラサーニ氏は「我々は陸軍学校を狙った。なぜなら政府は我々の家族や女性を狙っているからだ。我々は彼らに痛みを感じてほしいと思う」と述べた。
コラサーニ氏によると、兵士は年長の生徒を銃撃し、幼い子供は撃たないようにという命令を受けていたという。
パキスタンのナワーズ・シャリフ首相は襲撃のニュースを受けて、現地ペシャワールへと向かった。「私はペシャワールへ向かい、作戦を自分で指揮しようと決めた。彼らは私自身の子供であり、今回の犠牲は私自身の喪失であるからだ」。
シャリーフ氏は今回の襲撃事件を受けて、パキスタンの国全体で3日間の喪に服すと宣言した。
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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi accept their Nobel Peace Prize Awards during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Town Hall on December 10, 2014 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/WireImage)
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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Khushal Khan Yousafzai, Apal Khan Yousafzai, Toorpekai Yousafzai and Ziauddin Yousafzai watch as Malala Yousafzai delivers her acceptance speech a the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony at Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2014 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/Getty Images)
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In this combo of three images Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, puts her hands to her face as she sits during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is being shared between Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Taliban attack survivor, and the youngest Nobel Prize winner ever, and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Malala Yousafzai. delivers her acceptance speech to the audience during the Nobel Peace Prize Award ceremony at Oslo City Town on December 10, 2014 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/Getty Images)
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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Malala Yousafzai delivers her acceptance speech during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Town Hall on December 10, 2014 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/Getty Images)
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, reaches out to joint winner Kailash Satyarthi from India during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is being shared between Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Taliban attack survivor, and the youngest Nobel Prize winner ever, and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, from Pakistan, makes an address after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is being shared between Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Taliban attack survivor, and the youngest Nobel Prize winner ever, and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi accept the Nobel Peace Prize Award during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Town Hall on December 10, 2014 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/WireImage)
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Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, front, and Kailash Satyarthi of India are awarded their Nobel Peace Prize during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is being shared between Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Taliban attack survivor, and the youngest Nobel Prize winner ever, and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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