Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Thursday died after she succumbed to her injuries in a suicide attack at a rally in Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi. She died on her way to hospital.

Back at the scene of the blast, there was chaos, with ambulances rushing in, their sirens screaming, the police trying to keep people away and the wounded trying to make sense of what had happened to them. On the pavement sat a man dressed in a brown suit, his trouser leg rolled up and blood gushing out of a wound. He was clutching his head in shock.

At least 20 PPP activists were feared dead in the suicide attack. Armed miscreants today separately targeted rallies of former Prime Ministers, Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.