Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has escaped assassination during a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad on Thursday. Khan was injured in the leg while four other people, including another politician, Faisal Javed Khan, got injured when a burst of gunfire hit their platform, a container towed by a lorry during the march. Mr. Khan, 70, was leading the march, which was meant to end in the capital Islamabad when the incident occurred. The former prime minister was seen being taken to a hospital in Lahore. A party spokesman said he had been hit in the shin.
A doctor said there were bullet fragments in his leg and his tibia bone was chipped.
It was revealed that one of Khan’s supporter died after being hit by bullet.
The protest march had been arranged to demand early elections.
Local TV channels showed a man they said was a suspected shooter, who looked to be in his twenties or thirties. He said he wanted to kill Khan and had acted alone.
The identity of the gunman, already arrested by police, was not immediately made clear. So far no group has claimed responsibility.
“He [Khan] was misleading the people, and I couldn’t bear it,” the suspect said in the video. The information minister confirmed the footage was recorded by police.
