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Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir posted a video on Twitter that purports to show the gunman who tried to kill former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan confessing to the crime. The assailant was reportedly captured swiftly, following the incident on Thursday, in Pakistani Punjab’s Gujranwala district.
The assailant, sporting a fresh bruise around his right eye — police brutality is even more common in Pakistan than it is in India — claimed that the former premier was “misleading people,” and went on to claim that he was acting alone, and that the attack was premeditated.
On being asked why he attacked Imran Khan, the assailant replied, “Imran Khan was misleading people. I could not see that is why I tried to kill him. I had no intention to kill any one else except Imran Khan. I saw Azaan was being heard and these people were making noise through the deck and my conscience did not allow it.
“I had planned this ever since he left from Lahore and wanted to eliminate him. I am alone in this attack AlhamdulIllah, no one else was part of this. I came on a bike and parked it at my maternal uncle’s motorcycle showroom before shooting at him.”
