Hours after senior journalist Nusrat Javeed claimed he was ‘attacked’ by assailants in Islamabad, he took to Twitter and apologized saying that Islamabad police found no signs of a targeted attack and that he ‘has to accept their professional opinion’.

Senior Pakistani journalist Nusrat Javeed survives a ‘deadly attack’

“I render sincere apology to people who must have felt deeply hurt for my paranoia,” Javeed said, adding that Islamabad police told him the 6 people he thought of as ‘attackers’ were trying to help him out and that it was a stone and not gunfire that burst two tyres of his vehicle.

He said he believed the boys were ‘attackers’ because he was too traumatized to understand the situation at that time.   

Here’s what Nusrat said on Twitter moments ago

No signs of attack, rather it was an accident: Islamabad police

After thorough probe the ISLAMABAD police found that my tyre hit a stone; got burst and the car skidded and thus the rest of damage.

— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 8, 2018

Nusrat apologies over ‘paranoia’, says he should not hold any responsible for it

I honestbelieve that I must take the incident as an unfortunate accident and must not hold anyone responsible for it.

— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 8, 2018

I render sincere apology to people who must have felt deeply hurt for my paranoia. Also feel too grateful to a huge crowd of friends and well wishers who deeply felt upset about my pain. Have no words to thank them.

— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 8, 2018

The boys were not ‘attackers’ but helpers, believes Islamabad police. “I have no choice but to believe police version’

Police also believe that boys came around me perhaps wanted to help me but the post accident trauma and paranoia made me suspect otherwise. I have no choice but accept the Police version.

— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) December 8, 2018

Javeed also thanked fellow journalists and Twitter users among others for showing support and for ‘feeling upset about my pain’. ‘Have no words to thank them.

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