Benazir Bhutto, a two time former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and one of
the leading voices of democratization, was assassinated
in a suicide bombing in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the capital,
Islamabad. She was departing a political rally with her closest
political advisors, in preparation of the January elections.
Approximately thirty other people were killed. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing.
Details about the attack are slowly coming via Pakistani media. The
bomber is described as a lone-individual who, before exploding himself,
opened...
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