Wanted to kill Imran because he was misleading people: Shooter

November 03, 2022 19:52

The man believed to have fired at Imran Khan at a rally in in Pakistan's Punjab province said he had come to kill the former Prime Minister because he believed that he was "misleading" people.

"He (Khan) was misleading the people and I could not bear watching it so I attempted to kill him," Dawn newspaper quoted the suspect as saying in a video statement.

Geo TV reported that the attacker was identified as Naved son of Bashir.

The attacker, in his early 20s and wearing salwar-kameez, had been walking along the container and fired from the left side, the channel said.

PTI leader Imran Ismail has said that he was standing with Khan when the former prime minister was attacked. "It was a straight fire () the bullet was meant to kill, not scare, he claimed.

ARY News, which is considered as a mouthpiece of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, reported that Khan was out of danger.

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