UK man convicted of plotting to kill exiled Pakistani blogger
01 February 2022 |
1:05 pm
A court has found a British man guilty of plotting to kill Ahmad Waqas Goraya, a Pakistani political blogger forced into exile. Goraya told DW he believes the Pakistani state was behind the murder attempt.
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