Counter-terrorism police investigating ‘highly targeted’ attacks on Pakistani dissidents in UK
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Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command is investigating a series of four attacks on two Pakistani dissidents living in Britain. The attacks began on Christmas Eve and targeted Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a human rights lawyer and former member of Imran Khan's cabinet, who is a critic of Pakistan's current regime. Akbar reported being attacked by masked men at his home in Cambridgeshire, with one attacker firing a firearm into the front window. The attacks continued on January 10, when another man sprayed chemicals on the outer wall and broke windows with an iron bar. One person has been arrested in connection with the attacks. The victims fear that the attacks may be linked to states using criminal proxies to silence their critics.
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