The late Benazir Bhutto
Just to inform our fellow readers that the world has lost a fellow dedicated democratic leader that fought for the rights and lives of the people in Pakistan. She has been killed at 1.16pm GMT or about 1 hour and 25 mins ago at a political rally. She was shot in the neck before the bombing. She was about to drive off in her vehicle escort after addressing the people at a political rally when she was shot. We mourn for her loss and remember her cause, a democratic and peaceful Pakistan.
Source Guardian UK
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/12/benazir_bhutto_killed_in_suici.html
December 27, 2007 1:52 PM
The former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was today killled in a suicide attack at a campaign rally in Rawalpindi. Bhutto was declared dead at 6.16pm (1.16pm GMT) after an attack on a rally by her Pakistan People’s party, ahead of scheduled parliamentary elections in January. Another attempt on her life killed 140 people in October, as supporters took to the streets on her return from exile. Her death has sparked panic among Pakistani bloggers, worried at what will happen next. The Pakistani Spectator says there are already reports that the elections will be postponed. 2.30pmDawn News, Pakistan’s only English language news station, reports that Nawaz Sharif, another former Pakistani PM and long time political rival of Bhutto, addressed mourners outside the hospital. He told them Bhutto’s death was an “act of terror” and promised it would not be in vain. “We will not give into violence,” he is quoted as saying. Dawn News is also reporting violence in Lahore, where it says posters advertising the election have been torn down, and Hydrebad, where cars are being set on fire. People have been advised to stay indoors.
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