How did Malala get shot?

In 2012, Malala was shot in the head by Taliban terrorists in Pakistan for her campaign for the education of girls. "In October 2012, a member of the Pakistani Taliban
Pakistani Taliban
TTP), commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban (پاکستانی طالبان), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border.
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boarded my school bus and shot one bullet into my left temple.
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How was Malala shot?

On 9 October 2012, a member of the Pakistani Taliban boarded Malala's school bus and shot one bullet into her left temple. The bullet grazed her left eye, skull and brain, lacerating her facial nerve, shattering her eardrum and breaking her jaw joints – requiring her to go through various rounds of critical surgery.
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How many times was Malala shot?

Seated on a bus heading home from school, Malala was talking with her friends about schoolwork. Two members of the Taliban stopped the bus. A young bearded Talib asked for Malala by name, and fired three shots at her.
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What type of bullet was Malala shot with?

He asked for Malala by name, then pointed a Colt 45 and fired three shots. One bullet hit the left side of Malala's forehead, traveled under her skin the length of her face and then into her shoulder.
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How old is Malala now?

Malala Yousafzai is now a married woman. The 24-year-old Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner made the announcement on Instagram Tuesday that she has tied the knot, just months after she told British Vogue that she wasn't sure if she would ever marry.
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How long was Malala in a coma?

After ten days in a medically induced coma, Yousafzai woke up in a hospital in Birmingham, England.
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Where was Malala death?

Afghanistan violence: Journalist Malala Maiwand shot dead along with her driver. A female journalist has been shot dead in eastern Afghanistan, the latest victim of a spate of assassinations across the country. Malala Maiwand was on her way to work in Jalalabad on Thursday when gunmen opened fire on her vehicle.
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Who has won 3 Nobel Prizes?

The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the most Nobel Peace Prizes, having been awarded the Prize three times for its humanitarian work.
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Where is Malala Yousafzai now?

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is now a graduate in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, London.
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Does Malala have facial paralysis?

Yousafzai underwent two surgeries to further treat her facial paralysis in 2018 and 2019. She recently underwent a third surgery in August.
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How old was Malala Yousafzai when she got shot?

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai recounted her ordeal of the “Taliban's damage” that was caused to her body in a telling blog post published on Podium on August 24. The 24-year-old was shot in the head by Ehsanullah Ehsan, the former Pakistan Taliban spokesman, in 2012 for her campaign to educate girls.
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Who is the youngest Nobel Prize winner?

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history, announced on Tuesday that she was married in a small ceremony at her parents' home in England.
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Where did Malala live when she got shot?

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by the Taliban. Ms Yousafzai, who now lives in the UK, was shot in the head for campaigning for female education in 2012.
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What were Malala's thoughts when she woke up from her coma?

The first thing I thought when I came around was, 'Thank God I'm not dead. ' But I had no idea where I was. I knew I was not in my homeland. The nurses and doctors were speaking English, though they all seemed to be from different countries.
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What was Malala Yousafzai's pen name?

Malala, the educational campaigner from Swat Valley, Pakistan, came to public attention by writing for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban. Using the pen name Gul Makai, she often spoke about her family's fight for girls' education in her community.
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What day is Malala Day?

One month after the 15-year-old Pakistani education activist, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban, the United Nations called upon the international community to observe November 10 as the International Malala Day.
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Why did Malala married?

The girls' education advocate had previously told British Vogue that she felt marriage was not for her. Then, Asser came along, they bonded, and she decided to get married to her “best friend”.
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Is Malala getting married?

Yousafzai, 24, married Asser Malik, a manager for the Pakistan Cricket Board, at a small Islamic ceremony called a nikkah, she said on Twitter. Both of their families attended the ceremony in Birmingham, England. “Today marks a precious day in my life,” she wrote. “Please send us your prayers.
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Is Malala deaf?

Doctors said Malala had been left completely deaf in her left ear when she was shot at point-blank range.
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Is Malala Yousafzai fully recovered?

Activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, in a heartfelt post on Instagram, shared her journey of recovery nine years and six surgeries after she was shot by Taliban militants in 2012 in Pakistan's Swat region for her campaign for the education of girls.
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Was Malala depressed?

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Peace Prize winner in history (at 17), education activist, author of I Am Malala and founder of the Malala Fund, devoted to raising money for education programs, revealed to Teen Vogue that she has struggled with depression and other mental health issues.
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