‘Assassination’ riddle after politician was killed in street

 
Mrs Shumaila Imran makes an emotional appeal at New Scotland Yard for witnesses to her husband's murder last week. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday September 23, 2010. Pakistani politician Dr Imran Farooq died from stab wounds and head injuries in an attack outside his north London, which police fear could have been politically motivated. See PA story POLICE Farooq. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire
Justin Davenport14 September 2012
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A SeniorPakistani politician who was murdered outside his London home was rebuilding his career, raising the possibility that he was assassinated.

Scotland Yard said today that Dr Imran Farooq was compiling an independent political profile on Facebook in the months before he was killed in a “carefully planned” attack. Police refused to say if they believed the motive was political.

During the inquiry into his death, being conducted by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, one person was arrested but later released without charge and eight men interviewed under caution.

Dr Farooq, 50, was living in exile following death threats in Pakistan when he was attacked in Green Lane, Edgware, at 5.30pm on September 16, 2010. He died from stab wounds and trauma to the head. A kitchen knife and a brick used in the attack were recovered.

Anyone with information should call 020 8721 3784 or ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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