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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Asif Shahzad and Charlotte Greenfield

Jubilation shattered by gunfire: How attack on ex-Pakistani PM Khan unfolded

A man chants slogans as others burn tires to block main highway during a protest to condemn the shooting incident on a long march held by Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Moments before Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg, a young man in the cheering crowd that lined the streets for a political protest spotted another man brandishing a pistol and raced at him to wrestle him down.

Ibtesam, hailed as hero by Khan's supporters for his actions, didn't get there in time to prevent the man firing, but said he might have prevented a more deadly outcome on Thursday from what Khan's aides say was an assassination attempt.

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