peshawar, pakistan (cnn)ten people have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2012 attack on nobel peace prize winning activist malala yousafzai, a judge announced thursday the assailant's conviction and sentences follow a trial that included testimony from both sides, according to pakistani antiterrorism judge mohammad amin kundi the 10 were arrested in swat, a district of pakistan's khyber pakhtunkhwa province, pakistani army spokesman maj gen asim bajwa said last september that was nearly two years after the then 15 year old yousafzai    who was despised by taliban militants for her outspoken support of girls' right to an education    was shot as she was traveling home on a school bus she not only survived that attack, but went on to become an even more vocal international activist in fact, her efforts helped earn her the nobel peace prize    which she shared with india's kailash satyarthi    last year malala at un: the taliban failed to silence us  journalist zahir shah reported from peshawar, and cnn's greg botelho wrote this story from atlanta
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the sentences came after a trial in pakistan, a judge says . malala yousafzai is an outspoken advocate for the education of girls . she was attacked in pakistan in 2012 