By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 07:34 EST, 3 September 2013 | UPDATED: 10:31 EST, 3 September 2013 The Pakistani teenager, who was shot by the Taliban after campaigning for women’s rights, declared herself an honorary Brummie today as she officially opened a new £188 million civic library. Sixteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, a vocal campaigner for girls’ education in Pakistan, was attacked by gunmen on a school bus near her former home in Pakistan in October. The cold-blooded assassination attempt sparked worldwide condemnation. Today she declared that pens and books are 'weapons' that can defeat terrorism, in her speech outside the library.
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Malala Yousafzai, 16, used her speech to call for peace and advocate free education for children around the world
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She was shot in October last year during an assassination attempt and airlifted to Birmingham for emergency medical treatment
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The attack sparked worldwide condemnation
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