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Ex-Prime Minister Bhutto Assassinated

December 27, 2007

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in an attack at a campaign rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday. This has been confirmed by the interior ministry and a spokesman for her political party. At least 20 other people were killed in the attack and several more were injured.

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Scene of the suicide attack in Rawalpindi.
Scene of the suicide attack in Rawalpindi.Image: AP