December 27, 2007
Benazir Bhutto assassinated
From CNN:
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed at least 14 of her supporters, doctors, a spokesman for her party and other officials said. Bhutto suffered bullet wounds in the aftermath of the bomb attack, TV networks were reporting.
Police warned citizens to stay home as they expected rioting to break out in city streets as a shocked Pakistan absorbed the news of Bhutto's assassination. Video of the scene just moments before the explosion showed Bhutto stepping into a heavily-guarded vehicle to leave the rally. Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital -- less than two miles from the bombing scene -- where doctors pronounced her dead.
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Posted by Azra Raza at 09:28 AM | Permalink
Comments
Horrible, horrible news. My condolences to her family (what little is left of it) and my sympathies to the people of Pakistan.
Posted by: Hektor Bim | Dec 27, 2007 10:01:17 AM
Terrible. One can only hope the Pakistani people will have the ability to recover quickly from this shock and use it to create a better place for themselves.
Posted by: dkmy | Dec 27, 2007 12:52:31 PM
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