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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Plaque marking the spot of the assassination, written in Urdu
(Translation: Place of Martyrdom, Ms. Benazir Bhutto martyred)
LocationLiaquat National Bagh, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates33°36′26″N 73°03′49″E / 33.60722°N 73.06361°E / 33.60722; 73.06361
Date27 December 2007 (2007-12-27) [18:16 PKT]
TargetBenazir Bhutto
Attack type
Target killing[1]
Shooting
Suicide bombing[2]
DeathsAt least 24 (including Bhutto)[3]
Perpetratorsal-Qaeda, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھُٹو کا قتل) took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition party Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008.[1][4][5] Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 local time (13:16 UTC), at Rawalpindi General Hospital. Twenty-three other people were killed by the bombing.[3] Bhutto had previously survived a similar attempt on her life (the 2007 Karsaz bombing) that killed at least 180 people, after her return from exile two months earlier. Following the event, the Election Commission of Pakistan postponed the general elections by a month, which saw Bhutto's party win.

Though early reports indicated that she had been hit by shrapnel or the gunshots,[6][7] the Pakistani Interior Ministry initially stated that Bhutto died of a skull fracture sustained when the force of the explosion caused her head to strike the sunroof of the vehicle.[8] Bhutto's aides rejected this version of the story, and argued instead that she suffered two gunshots before the bomb detonation.[9] The Interior Ministry subsequently backtracked from its previous claim.[10] In May 2007, Bhutto had asked for additional protection from private security contractors Blackwater and ArmorGroup. An investigation of the assassination by the United Nations stated that "Ms. Bhutto's assassination could have been prevented if adequate security measures had been taken."[11]

  1. ^ a b "Bhutto 'wounded in suicide blast'". BBC News. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  2. ^ Matthew Moore; Emma Henry (28 December 2007). "Benazir Bhutto killed in gun and bomb attack". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Bhutto exhumation OK, Pakistan official says". CNN. 29 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated". VOA News. Voice of America. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Benazir Bhutto killed in attack". BBC News. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  6. ^ Ahmed, Munir (Associated Press) (28 December 2007). "Pakistan: Al-Qaida Behind Bhutto Killing". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Benazir Bhutto assassinated". CNN. 28 December 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Bhutto died after hitting sun roof". CNN. 28 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  9. ^ "Bhutto death explanation 'pack of lies'". Herald Sun. Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  10. ^ Press Trust of India (1 January 2008). "Pak Govt makes U-turn on cause of Bhutto's death". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  11. ^ Till, Brian (23 May 2011). "Could the U.S. Have Prevented Benazir Bhutto's Death?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

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