Imran Khan Assassination Attempt: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and World Cup winning captain Imran Khan opened up on the assassination attempt on him last week. At his rally near Islamabad, Khan survived three bullets shot to his right leg but believes that he ‘should not have survived’ at all. Follow T20 World Cup LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Recalling the horrific incident, Khan, said that the bullets shot had a numbing feeling on him although there wasn’t much blood loss. The quick and timely recovery for the former Pakistan PM was made possible after he was rushed to a bulletproof van from the container that was carrying him before moving him to Shaukat Khanum Hospital.
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“First it sounded like firecrackers and then my right leg buckled, because it was hit by these bullets. Initially it felt like a burning sensation,” he said in an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored.
“As I was hit on my leg and falling, and as I fell, and the firing stopped, then I realised I had been saved.
Imran Khan Assassination Attempt: Former Pakistan Captain recalls HORRIFIC incident, believes he ‘SHOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED’
Khan was discharged from the hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery for bullet injuries. The assasination attempt had fractured his shin bone as he continues recovery at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore.
“I’ve had three bullets taken out from my right leg and some shrapnel in my left leg,” he said.
“So one of the bullets has fractured my shin bone, so that will take a bit of time. But I am recovering and glad – it could have been a lot worse.”
The chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be under strict supervision of Dr Faisal Sultan. Khan, 70, is still to recover to full fitness.
