Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the foot at a political rally on Thursday but is in stable condition, a senior aide said.

Khan was wounded when shots were fired from the crowd near the town of Gujranwala, his senior adviser Raoof Hasan told AFP.

“This was an attempt to kill him, to murder him,” Hasan said, adding that a suspected attacker was shot dead and a second was taken into police custody.

Khan has been leading a march from the city of Lahore towards the capital Islamabad since last Friday, campaigning for new elections after being ousted from office this spring.

Each day during his so-called “Long March,” the 70-year-old Khan boarded a shipping container pulled by a truck, addressing thousands of people in towns and cities along the way.