Pakistan suggests Al-Qaeda behind Bhutto murder
Saturday, 29 December 2007
SUKKUR, (Pakistan), Dec 28 (AFP): Pakistan pointed a finger Friday at Al-Qaeda for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, as her body was taken to her ancestral home for burial and anger at her death erupted into deadly unrest. The scale of the violence left the nuclear-armed Muslim nation shell-shocked, triggering alarm around the world and throwing scheduled January 8 elections into disarray.
Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said Bhutto had been on an Al-Qaeda hit-list and that it was likely the Islamic extremist network played a role in the suicide attack that killed her Thursday.
"Benazir has been on the hit-list of Al-Qaeda," he told AFP. "Now there is every possibility that Al-Qaeda is behind this tragic attack to undermine the security of Pakistan."
Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said Bhutto had been on an Al-Qaeda hit-list and that it was likely the Islamic extremist network played a role in the suicide attack that killed her Thursday.
"Benazir has been on the hit-list of Al-Qaeda," he told AFP. "Now there is every possibility that Al-Qaeda is behind this tragic attack to undermine the security of Pakistan."