Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said four bullets hit his legs during an assassination bid while he was standing atop a container during his long march on Thursday.
“I already came to know a day before that there will be an attack on me. I
have come from among the common people, my party wasn’t made under a
military establishment. I have struggled for 22 years,” he said.
“Four people plotted to kill me behind closed doors. I have a video with me, if
something happens to me, the video will be released,” Khan added.
“That day when I was in the container, I was suddenly hit by bullets in my legs
and I started falling down. There were two people, if they would have
synchronised then I wouldn’t have been saved, he claimed.
Khan, 70, sustained bullet injury on his leg when a gunman opened fire on the
container-mounted-truck carrying him during his protest march, killing one
person. The former prime minister was out of danger.
In a statement, the Punjab police said that seven people were injured and
one person was killed during the attack. It added that a suspect has been
arrested.
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The incident brings back chilling memories of how former prime minister
Benazir Bhutto was shot dead during a rally in 2007.
“A conspiracy is afoot to take my life. I got full knowledge of this conspiracy a
few days ago. The conspiracy is being hatched here and abroad against me in
closed rooms.
I have recorded a video about this conspiracy, naming all those involved in it. If something happens to me then the people will come to know who was behind this conspiracy,” Imran Khan said at a big gathering at Sialkot in Punjab province.
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