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Witness History, Witness History, The Raymond Davis Incident

Witness History

Witness History

The Raymond Davis Incident


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April 21, 2021

9 minutes

Available for over a year

In 2011, an American man shot dead two people in the streets of Lahore. The crisis that ensued saw accusations of espionage and US-Pakistani relations brought to the brink. For Witness History, Josephine Casserly tells the extraordinary story of the Raymond Davis incident.

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