Thursday, December 27, 2007

Benazir Bhutto killed in attack

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack.


Ms Bhutto - the first woman PM in an Islamic state - was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when a gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb.


At least 16 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.


President Pervez Musharraf condemned the killing and urged people to remain calm. Security forces were placed on a state of "red alert" nationwide.


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