Pakistani police have arrested several suspects in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who is fighting for the right for girls to go to school.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik say the two gunmen who staged the attack were not among those arrested.

But he says investigators have identified the masterminds of the shooting.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the shooting, saying Malala Yousufzai was promoting ``Western thinking.''

(The Canadian Press)