Bhutto Assassinated in Suicide Attack

World | December 27, 2007, Thursday // 00:00
Bhutto Killed: Bhutto Assassinated in Suicide Attack Bhutto greets her supporters at the election rally minutes before it was hit by a suicide attack. Photo by cnn.com

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday after a suicide bombing killed at least 20 supporters during an election rally, CNN reported.

Ms Bhutto had just addressed the rally in the town of Rawalpindi, ahead of the parliamentary elections due in January, when the bomb went off. In the aftermath of the attack Bhutto suffered bullet wounds, TV networks report

Former Pakistan government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan said that while it appeared Bhutto was shot, it was unclear if the wounds to her head and neck were caused by a shooting or shrapnels from the bomb.

No one claimed yet responsibility for the killing.

In October, Ms Bhutto returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile after President Musharraf announced he was to search for reconciliation with political opponents and granted her an amnesty that covered the court cases on corruption she was facing.

On the day of her return she led a motor cavalcade through the city of Karachi, which was hit by a double suicide attack that left 130 dead.

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