Imran Khan injured in ‘assassination attempt’

Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has been shot in the leg in what his supporters say was an assassination attempt.

Shots were fired today on a convoy carrying Khan, 70, in Wazirabad, eastern Pakistan, multiple local news channels reported. One person was killed and up to eight people were injured by the gunfire, including Khan, who is chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and a former international cricket captain.

Two men were initially reported to have been behind the attack, however only one suspect was arrested. Police later named him as Muhammad Naveed, a local scrap dealer, and produced a video of him apparently confessing to trying to assassinate Khan.

In the footage broadcast by Pakistani media, he claimed to have