Attack on Imran Khan: Pakistan police arrest two more suspects
The Hindu
Mr. Khan suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday, when he was hit by a volley of bullets at a protest march
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province have arrested two more suspects, who they believe had sold the pistol and bullets for PKR 20,000 to Naveed Mohammad Basheer, the assailant who tried to assassinate former premier Imran Khan during a political rally, according to a media report on Friday.
Mr. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday, when Basheer fired a volley of bullets at him in the Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the government.
Basheer later confessed that he attacked Mr. Khan because “he was trying to mislead the public.”
Police sources said that two other suspects — Waqas and Sajid Butt — sold Basheer a pistol and bullets for PKR 20,000, adding that the pistol did not have a number or license, Geo TV reported.
They were arrested from Wazirabad in Punjab province, the report said, quoting police sources.
According to eyewitnesses, Basheer fired on the container-mounted truck carrying Mr. Khan from a close range.
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