Pakistan Bomb Blast: Kills ex-PM Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi
'Pakistan Times' Federal Bureau | December 27, 2007
ister Ms Benazir Bhutto was killed after succumbing to her injuries in an apparent suicide attack at the Pakistan Peoples Party rally in Rawalpindi Thursday.Initial reports say that Ms Benazir Bhutto and PPP information Secretary Ms Sherry Rehman were severely injured at a blast soon after she finished her address to a public rally at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.
The attacker struck while Ms Bhutto was leaving the venue and the blast severely damaged her vehicle, Interior ministry Spokesman Brig (Retd) Cheema has been quoted as saying.
Ms Benazir Bhutto breathed her last Thursday after being seriously injured in a bomb blast in Liaqat Bagh after addressing a public rally, hospital and interior ministry sources said.
Several people were also killed in an apparent suicide attack at the public rally by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto at Liaqat Bagh, police said. The blast occurred soon after the rally ended and Ms Bhutto had left the venue.
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