Pakistani police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into a failed assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan and said just one shooter was involved.
Khan, 70, has suggested that there could be two people who shot at him at anti-government rally in the eastern city of Wazirabad last Thursday.
Regional police chief Akhtar Abbas told Reuters that a criminal investigation had been launched after registration of a formal case."The things we got from his cell phone showed that he was fully motivated, fully committed," he told a news conference. Neighbours said he had this year returned from Saudi Arabia where had worked as plumber for several years.
He attended neighbourhood mosque and had recently objected to a music event at a nearby school, asking to ensure music was not played at prayer time.He has accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and intelligence official Major-General Faisal Nasser and planning to assassinate him. The government and military have denied this.
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