Benazir Bhutto Killed In Attack
Updated:13:36, Thursday December 27, 2007
Pakistan Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has died after a suicide attack at a political rally.
"At 6.16 p.m. she expired," said Wasif Ali Khan, a member of Bhutto's party at Rawalpindi General Hospital.
"She has been martyred," said party offical Rehman Malik.
The explosion went off just after Ms Bhutto left the rally in Rawalpindi, minutes after her speech to thousands of people.
At least 15 people died in the attack in the heart of Pakistan's military and parliamentary district.
It is the first major attack since President General Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule two weeks ago.
Sky News correspondent Alex Crawford said from Pakistan the country's upcoming January elections would "most likey be postponed or cancelled" because of the attack.
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Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack, a spokesman for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) says.
Other reports said Ms Bhutto had only been injured and taken to hospital. Ms Bhutto had just addressed a rally of PPP supporters in the town of Rawalpindi when the rally was hit by a blast. At least 15 other people are reported killed in the attack. Ms Bhutto has twice been the country's prime minister and was campaigning ahead of elections due in January.
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