Malala Yousafzai attackers freed amid evidence confusion

Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai have been released.

In April, Pakistan said that 10 Taliban fighters had been found guilty and received 25-year sentences.

Muneer Ahmed, a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London, said on Friday that the eight men had been acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

However the BBC has learned that only two of the men who stood trial were ever convicted.

Shaimaa Khalil reports.