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| BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSASSINATED |
| After surviving several assassination attempts in the past, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto was not so lucky on Tuesday as she was killed by two gunmen....
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| PAKISTAN
, 27-December-2007
10:16:58 AM |
| After surviving several assassination attempts in the past, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto was not so lucky on Tuesday as she was killed by two gunmen who opened fire at her right after she finished addressing a rally at Liaquatbagh.
Bhutto got off the stage after addressing the rally and started moving towards her car. Her vehicle moved a certain distance and she was surrounded by party supporters.
She came out of the car and just then two attackers with AK 47s pumped her with bullets, one in the neck and two in the head, before blowing themselves up.
The attack also killed more than 20 people and left several others injured.
Following Bhutto's death, a high alert has been sounded in Pakistan. President Musharraf has convened an emergency meeting of top advisors. Shops and petrol pumps have closed in many cities fearing violence.
Shops across Rawalpindi are being torched by PPP supporters. Asif Zardari and his children are on their way to Karachi.
According to preliminary reports, Benazir finished the rally at 5:30 pm at Liaquatbagh and was on her way back to Ralwal. She got into the car and was soon after attacked by two people with AK 47s. A suicide bomber blew himself up next to car.
Nawaz Sharif described Benazir Bhutto's assassination as the most tragic incident in the history of Pakistan.
''I myself feel threatened,'' says Sharif, whose party temporarily suspended the electioneering in the wake of the assassination.
''Are things in control now? Had things been in control, would this have happened?'' he said, adding that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would have to give answers.
''I also feel unprotected and the lady must also have been feeling very unprotected,'' Sharif said.
Criticising Musharraf, he said, ''If Musharraf can spend crores on his own security, could he not spend some amount on the security of Bhutto.''
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