Tragically, Khankel had not realised that he was the journalist in question.
Khankhel had survived two assassination attempts last year, both times, he said, by the security forces. In November he was kidnapped and tortured for two days in custody, and was told that should he continue his investigations, his family members would be killed. He later told Mir, his colleague, that 'some elements in the security forces want to eliminate me physically, due to my reporting'. The journalist's younger brother, Essa Khankhel, also a journalist, told the AHRC that his brother had managed to record a death threat from one security officer in the past.
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