Benazir Bhutto assassinated in suicide attack| India News
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday in a suicide attack shortly after a political rally in Rawalpindi’s Liaqat Bagh. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves from her car just seconds before being attacked on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Getty Images) Bhutto, 54, suffered bullet wounds to her neck and head. She was declared dead in hospital. Thirty other people died in the attack, almost all victims of the suicide bomber who pushed through the security cordon on a bicycle. He blew himself up immediately after shooting Bhutto. “The man first fired at her vehicle. She ducked and then he blew himself up,” said police officer Mohammad Shahid. She collapsed inside her Toyota Land Cruiser, which pulled out of the melee and drove to Rawalpindi General Hospital nearby. She is believed to have died of excessive bleeding and heart failure. “We have been robbed of a great leader and a symbol of courage and determination,” said Farahnaz Ispahani, a woman member of Bhutto’s party. Bhutto’s husband, Asif Zardari, who rushed …





