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.

One person was killed and up to eight people were injured after shots were fired on a convoy carrying Khan, 70, in Wazirabad, eastern Pakistan.

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, who is chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and a former international cricket captain.

In the footage broadcast by Pakistani media, Naveed claimed to have been acting alone. He said he had been angered, among