LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- It remains unclear who killed an exiled Pakistani politician in London who said he was wanted dead or alive, investigators say.
Authorities from Scotland Yard responded to reports of a serious assault at the London home of Imran Farooq, the co-founder of the Muttahida Quami Movement. Scotland Yard said it was trying to secure closed-circuit surveillance cameras from near the area.
London's Guardian newspaper said Farooq was killed by at least one person, adding he was stabbed and beaten to death in broad daylight.
Farooq had lived in exile in London since 1999. The MQM said Farooq had a bounty on his head. He said in 1992 that he was wanted "dead or alive," the Guardian added.
The MQM is one of the largest political parties in Pakistan. British authorities told the newspaper, however, that the group was linked to criminal networks in South Africa.
Farooq said charges that he was somehow tied to criminal and terrorist activities were politically motivated, the Guardian said.
Sources to the British newspaper said he was likely killed by his adversaries, though it was unclear if they were from within his party or opposition forces.
MQM leader Altaf Hussain recently called for an uprising in Pakistan in the turmoil that surrounded monsoon-fed floods in the country.
