(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121015-malala-1a.photoblog600.jpg)Reuters TVFourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai is transported from a hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday.By NBC News and wire reportsUpdated at 8:02 a.m. ET: LONDON -- The 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the militant group traveled to Britain on Monday for further medical treatment, officials said.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Malala Yousufzai would receive specialized care in a hospital in the country’s National Health Service system.
"Last week's barbaric attack on Malala Yousafzai and her school friends shocked Pakistan and the world. Malala's bravery in standing up for the right of all young girls in Pakistan to an education is an example to us all,” Hague said in a statement (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=822510382).
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