A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban showed signs of improvement by moving her limbs yesterday, although she remains unconscious and on a ventilator, the military said.
The shooting of Malala Yousafzai, 14, who campaigned for the right to an education, has been denounced worldwide and by the Pakistani authorities, who have offered a reward of more than $100,000 for the capture of her attackers.
“The sedation given to Malala was reduced today so that neurosurgeons could do their clinical assessment, and as a result of it, Malala responded and moved her hands and feet,” military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said.
“It is a positive development,” Bajwa told a press conference near army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Malala is being treated in a military hospital. “[The] condition of Malala is stable.”