Thursday, December 27, 2007

BREAKING NEWS: Ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who served from 1988-90 and again from 1993-96 and was educated at Oxford and Harvard universities, was assassinated today in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan as well as 20 others during a campaign rally.

According to her security adviser Rehman Malik, Bhutto was shot twice in the neck and chest by the attacker, who later blew himself up. She was immediately rushed into the hospital where she would be pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. local time.

News of the assassination immediately sent shockwaves around the world. The U.S. State Department as well as British, Russian, and French governments all condemned the attack while President Bush in his Crawford, Texas ranch was informed about it and will address the situation later this morning.

Once again, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated today in a suicide attack nearly eight miles south of Islamabad. More developments later to come.

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