When did Former prime minister Imran khan got shot?
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was shot in an assassination attempt. Reports he was hit several times in his legs but survived & now being treated in hospital. The shooter was wrestled by another man as he fired, which may have saved Khan’s life.
A bullet hit Khan in his foot after a gunman opened fire, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Asad Umar said.
The former Pakistan cricket captain was taken from the rally site just outside the town of Gujranwala to receive treatment in Lahore, around a two-and-a-half-hour drive away.
Khan is in stable condition and undergoing surgery, according to Senator Fawad Chaudhry, a senior PTI politician, and Khan’s former information minister.
Six others were injured and are still being treated, Chaudhry said.
At least one person was killed in the incident, according to Faisal Javed, a senior PTI politician and close Khan ally who received a wound to the head in the attack. The victim’s name has not been released.
In a video statement Javed, who can be seen sitting up while receiving treatment, said: “Please pray for us, for Imran Khan, pray for our fellow workers who are severely injured, and pray for our party member who has died and is martyred.”
Khan was on the seventh day of a nationwide rally tour calling for elections to be brought forward from August next year.
Protests broke out across Pakistan in support of Khan, including in the capital Islamabad as well as in Peshawar, where approximately 800 protesters gathered, blocking roads for around two hours while holding party flags and chanting slogans against the army and the federal government.
Video footage from the scene shows Mr. Khan and his supporters riding on top of the shipping container before a burst of gunfire is heard. Mr. Khan is then seen ducking, as those around him try to cover him.
Another video shows a conscious Mr. Khan with a bandage on his right leg being taken away in a vehicle after the shooting.
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