Bhutto Killed in Blast

Benazir Bhutto was killed yesterday afternoon from a combination of a gunshot to the neck and an explosion set off by a suicide bomber.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, facing reelection and with most of the country wanting his head on a platter, denied any involvement claiming it was the work of terrorists. No terrorist group has yet to take credit for the attack....

From Arab News --

Benazir, 54, had just addressed an election rally at Liaquat Bagh (Garden) when a bomber shot her in the neck and blew himself up, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores of others. Hours later riots erupted across the country.

State media and Benazir’s Pakistan People’s Party confirmed her death in hospital. “The man first fired at Benazir’s vehicle. Then he blew himself up,” said police officer Mohammad Shahid.

“She was waving to the crowd from the sunroof of her car and then there was a blast,” Benazir’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar told state television. He added that doctors declared her dead at 5:25 p.m. More....