PTI chairman Imran Khan has claimed that the assailant who tried toassassinate him in the Wazirabad attack link wasa “trained shooter” and not a “religious fanatic”.
The PTI chief was injured during a gun attack while leading the party’slong march in Punjab’s Wazirabad on November 3. A PTI supporter, MoazzamNawaz, was killed in the incident while 14 others, including Imran, werewounded. The suspect was soon after arrested by the police.
In an interview with German International broadcaster *DW* on Thursday,Imran claimed that his assailant’s profile was already drawn up and did notmatch that of a religious fanatic. “He was not a religious fanatic, thiswas a trained shooter,” he added.
The PTI chief also reiterated his claim that there were two shooters,saying that it was “confirmed” that one person was opening fire from thefront with “different bullets”.
He repeated his allegation that the government was behind the attack,claiming that he had already known about the plot and that it was concoctedtwo months ago.
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Imran accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister RanaSanaullah of being involved in the “Model Town massacre” and extrajudicialkillings.
“Killing is not new for them. As for the military intelligence guy, theywere in cahoots,” he added. The PTI chairman said the “intelligence guy”was known for and had a background of “bumping off people”.
Imran also claimed that he would be able to provide all the circumstantialevidence for his claims to an investigation. “Whenever there is anindependent investigation, these three will be [found] involved,” he added.
