UPDATE: Lone wolf shooter arrested, confesses to attempt on Imran Khan’s life

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: A short video released by the police to media persons Thursday evening shows the purported shooter confessing to an attempt on the life of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

To questioning by an unseen police officer, the young man is heard asserting he was alone in this act, unsupported by anybody. He appears to be under the impression his attempt has succeeded.

The man, apparently around 30 years of age, claims he resolved to kill the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) because the latter was misguiding the people. He also tries to give his act a religious twist by saying the procession was playing music even as a prayer call was on.

The alleged shooter, confessing to his crime to the questions of an unseen police officer.

The person shown in the police video seems to be the same person caught on a camera in the act of shooting before being tackled by the person behind him.

The shooter, caught on camera in the act, being tackled from behind.

EARLIER: Former prime minister Imran Khan was injured in an ‘assassination attempt’ on Thursday after an unidentified gunman opened fire on his vehicle at the protest rally near Gujranwala, local media and party officials said.

The moment Imran Khan and his companions came under fire from a lone wolf shooter near Gujrat in Gujranwala district of the Punjab province.

Witnesses said a bullet hit Khan in his foot when a gunman opened fire at his container truck. Khan is being taken away from the rally site just outside the town of Gujranwala to receive treatment in Lahore.

Witness heard multiple gunshots at Khan’s vehicle.

Footage run on several television channels shows that Khan was injured and moved to a car with the help of other people present at the site. The footages show a bandage tied around Khan’s leg. Khan is said to be out of danger.

The attacker has been reportedly arrested.

Several people, including PTI leader Faisal Javed, were also injured in the firing, Dawn News reported.

Senior party leader and former Sindh governor Imran Ismail told Dawn television that party chief Imran Khan was shot in the leg “three to four” times. “The attacker was directly in front of the container and was wielding a AK-47.”

Khan was leading a protest march to the capital, Islamabad, demanding snap elections.