Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan suffers bullet injury after shots fired at rally

Unidentified assailants on Thursday opened fire on container-mounted-truck carrying former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during his rally in eastern Punjab province. Party official Asad Umar said Khan was wounded in the leg and was not seriously hurt.

The identity of the gunman, who was arrested at the scene, was not immediately known. No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Imran Khan has been rushed to a hospital.

“He is being taken to a hospital in Lahore, but he is not seriously wounded. A bullet hit him in the leg,” Umar told reporters.