Swat Valley , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- The sister of a man suspected in the shooting of Pakistani teenager Malala Yousufzai has apologized to the victim . `` Please convey a message to Malala , that I apologize for what my brother did to her , '' Rehana Haleem told CNN on Sunday in an exclusive interview here about her brother , Attah Ullah Khan , 23 . `` He has brought shame on our family . We have lost everything after what he did . '' Police have said they were searching for Khan and two boys , whom authorities have not identified . Since age 11 , Malala had been encouraging her fellow Pakistanis to stand up to the Taliban , who were trying to push girls from classrooms . Pakistan 's Malala : Global symbol , but still just a kid . On October 9 , Malala -- who is now 15 -- was on her school van in the Taliban-held Swat Valley when thugs stopped the vehicle and jumped on board . They demanded that other girls riding identify Malala . They shot two girls , who suffered non-life-threatening injuries , and fired at Malala , striking her in the head and neck , according to officials . `` What he did was intolerable , '' Haleem said . `` Malala is just like my sister . I 'd like to express my concern for Malala on behalf of my whole family ; I hope she recovers soon and returns to a happy and normal life as soon as possible . I hope Malala does n't consider me or my family as enemies . I do n't consider Atta Ullah my brother anymore . '' A day after the attack , security forces searched the family 's house , seizing documents and pictures , and taking Haleem and her family to a nearby house equipped with bars on the doors and windows , she said . The officers asked where Atta Ullah was and whether his sister knew how to reach him by cell phone , but she said she told them she did not . Read more : Malala is face of global attacks on schools . `` I was pregnant and sick , '' she said . `` Then , finally , after a day or two , they released me and my husband and told me they were letting me go only because I was sick . '' Haleem spoke to CNN from her home in Warhi Mast Malik Abad , a village on the outskirts of the city of Mingora , where the attack tookplace . After the couple were released , they returned to the house , where she gave birth to a daughter , she said . Five days later , the army again raided the house , this time taking away only her husband . Haleem said her husband , her aged mother , her uncle and another brother remain in custody . Haleem said she had little doubt that her brother was involved in the shooting . `` If he was innocent , he would have come back and claimed he was innocent and come to the aid of his mother and our family , '' she said . `` His behavior is that of a guilty man . How could he abandon us ? '' Read more : Malala is face of global attacks on schools . Her culture considers raising a hand against a woman to be dishonorable , she said , adding , `` Let alone a man who tries to kill a woman . '' Police said last month that they had arrested six men in connection with the shooting but were still searching for Khan , whom they said was pursuing his master 's degree in chemistry . Malala is recovering in a hospital in Birmingham , England . `` She is lucky to be alive , '' Dr. Dave Rosser , the medical director of University Hospitals Birmingham , told reporters late last month . Read more : Pakistan to honor girls injured in Malala attack . But she does not appear to have suffered significant brain damage and `` she should n't need to be in hospital for more than a few weeks , maybe a couple of months at the most , '' he said . When Malala was 11 , she worked with the BBC and published a blog in 2009 detailing her struggles to attend school in Swat . In January of that year , the Taliban issued an edict ordering that no school should educate girls . After the shooting , the Taliban issued a statement online saying that , if Malala were to survive , they would attack her again . If Malala returns to Pakistan , guards will protect her and her family , Pakistan 's interior minister , Rehman Malik , has said .
` ` He has brought shame on our family , '' the suspect 's sister . ` ` I do n't consider Atta ##k my brother any more , '' she adds . The century - old suspect is being sought in connection with the attack on Malala .