PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Eight of the 10 men acquitted by a court over the attempted murder of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai are still being held in custody on other charges, officials said Saturday.

Court and security officials said last month 10 men had been convicted in a secret trial by an anti-terrorism court and jailed for life over the October 2012 attack in which the teenager was shot in the head on her school bus.

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