{"id":23922,"date":"2022-11-03T09:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:10:14","slug":"pakistan-ex-pm-imran-khan-shot-and-wounded-at-protest-march-in-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/11\/03\/pakistan-ex-pm-imran-khan-shot-and-wounded-at-protest-march-in-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan shot and wounded at protest march in assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been shot in the leg in what his supporters say was an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>A gunman opened fire while Mr Khan, 70, was giving a speech to supporters at a rally in Wazirabad in Punjab province on Thursday, officials said, wounding him and some of his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Cordelia Lynch, who was at the scene, said a Sky News producer was standing close to Mr Khan soon after the injured politician emerged from his container truck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My cameraman Duncan Sharp and I were sitting inside the container Imran Khan was on top of, when we suddenly heard screams,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan was rushed away from the scene to hospital and his supporters said he had survived the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The former cricketer &#8211; who has been pushing for new elections after being ousted from power in April &#8211; has been delivering fiery speeches at gatherings across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He was six days into a march from Lahore to Islamabad in his drive to bring early elections to the country, pushing for radical change, when the shooting took place.<\/p>\n<p>Large crowds had gathered to hear him speak &#8211; and Lynch said she had just interviewed him about threats of violence &#8211; when there was a &#8220;sudden commotion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The door flew open and we were faced with a panicked looking crowd. Some were shouting, &#8220;Imran Khan is dead&#8221;, others were asking: &#8220;Is he dead? Is he dead,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Armed police started running towards us. Ambulances were screeching into the area. I saw one bloodied man carried into the ambulance and then another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23923\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23923\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map.png\" alt=\"Pakistan map\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map.png 480w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map-326x245.png 326w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pakistan-map-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image: \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PTI party leader Faisal Javed was among the injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imran Khan and Faisal Javed received bullets wounds. A bullet hit Imran Khan&#8217;s shin. Both have been taken to hospital for treatment,&#8221; said PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Javed, who had blood stains on his clothes, told Geo TV from the hospital: &#8220;Several of our colleagues are wounded. We heard that one of them is dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imran-Khan-assassination-attempt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23924\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imran-Khan-assassination-attempt.jpg\" alt=\"Imran Khan assassination attempt\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imran-Khan-assassination-attempt.jpg 640w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Imran-Khan-assassination-attempt-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The injured were taken into an ambulance&#8230; a lot of panic&#8230; people rushing. No one could quite work out what was happening,&#8221; said Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then Imran Khan emerged. He had been shot, I understand, in the left leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, our producer here, Mohammed, was able to see that. He was very close to Imran Khan as he emerged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was taken away&#8230; a doctor, who was close by, treated three patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;This was the worst case scenario &#8211; what so many people were concerned about was that this peaceful protest had the potential to turn violent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very real dramatic turn of events, and you could really feel the fear. An hour before we had seen people throwing up confetti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people in the crowd were instantly in tears and were very worried about what had happened to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan had been traveling in a large convoy of trucks and cars heading towards the capital, as part of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not for politics or personal gain, or to topple the government&#8230; this is to bring genuine freedom to the country,&#8221; Mr Khan said in a video message on the eve of the march.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the shooting and has ordered an immediate investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sky-news-logo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sky-news-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Sky News\" width=\"100\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/imran-khan-shot-in-leg-in-assassination-attempt-former-pakistan-prime-ministers-supporters-say-12737148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been shot in the leg in what his supporters say was an assassination attempt. 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