Bhutto Assassinated!
This is why we can't have nice things!
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday after addressing a large gathering of her supporters.
The bomb explodes near Bhutto's vehicle following a political rally in Rawalpindi.
Bhutto died of a gunshot wound to the neck, the Pakistani Interior Ministry said. The attacker then blew himself up. The bomb attack killed at least 22 others, doctors said.
John Moore, a photographer for Getty Images, said Bhutto was standing through the sunroof of her vehicle, waving to supporters, when two shots rang out.
Bhutto fell back into the vehicle, and almost immediately a bomb blast rocked the scene, sending twisting metal and shrapnel into the crowd, he added.
Police sources told CNN the bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, blew himself up near Bhutto's vehicle. Watch aftermath of the attack. Video
Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital -- less than two miles from the bombing scene -- where doctors pronounced her dead.
Her body was removed from the hospital -- carried above a crowd of supporters -- late Thursday night, and a Pakistan Air Force plane is flying the body to Sukkur, accompanied by her husband and three children, said Pakistan People's Party leader Sen. Safdar Abbasi.
Bhutto is scheduled to be buried in the ancestral graveyard of the Bhutto family at Gari-Khuda Baksh in Sindh province Friday afternoon, he added.
Chaos erupted at the hospital when former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived to pay his respects to Bhutto less than three hours after her death.
Hundreds of Bhutto supporters crammed into the entrance shouted and cried, some clutching their heads in pain and shock. Sharif called it "the saddest day" in Pakistan's history. "Something unthinkable has happened," he said.
For anyone who has been following Pakistani politics for the past few months, it was inevitable. Despite all the corruption allegations that kicked her out in the first place, she gets TONS of credit for stepping foot on the land that she knew she was going to die in, and staying there. It's so bizarre-I was just reading an article in Time about whether she was good for Pakistan or not.
As a funny aside, I walked into the living room as my parents were watching the video reports on CNN, and I asked what happened. My father said "They killed Bhutto", but it sounded like "They shot Putin."
First thing that popped into my mind was, "Jesus, there must be some people who were really pissed that he was Time's Person of the Year.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday after addressing a large gathering of her supporters.
The bomb explodes near Bhutto's vehicle following a political rally in Rawalpindi.
Bhutto died of a gunshot wound to the neck, the Pakistani Interior Ministry said. The attacker then blew himself up. The bomb attack killed at least 22 others, doctors said.
John Moore, a photographer for Getty Images, said Bhutto was standing through the sunroof of her vehicle, waving to supporters, when two shots rang out.
Bhutto fell back into the vehicle, and almost immediately a bomb blast rocked the scene, sending twisting metal and shrapnel into the crowd, he added.
Police sources told CNN the bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, blew himself up near Bhutto's vehicle. Watch aftermath of the attack. Video
Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital -- less than two miles from the bombing scene -- where doctors pronounced her dead.
Her body was removed from the hospital -- carried above a crowd of supporters -- late Thursday night, and a Pakistan Air Force plane is flying the body to Sukkur, accompanied by her husband and three children, said Pakistan People's Party leader Sen. Safdar Abbasi.
Bhutto is scheduled to be buried in the ancestral graveyard of the Bhutto family at Gari-Khuda Baksh in Sindh province Friday afternoon, he added.
Chaos erupted at the hospital when former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived to pay his respects to Bhutto less than three hours after her death.
Hundreds of Bhutto supporters crammed into the entrance shouted and cried, some clutching their heads in pain and shock. Sharif called it "the saddest day" in Pakistan's history. "Something unthinkable has happened," he said.
For anyone who has been following Pakistani politics for the past few months, it was inevitable. Despite all the corruption allegations that kicked her out in the first place, she gets TONS of credit for stepping foot on the land that she knew she was going to die in, and staying there. It's so bizarre-I was just reading an article in Time about whether she was good for Pakistan or not.
As a funny aside, I walked into the living room as my parents were watching the video reports on CNN, and I asked what happened. My father said "They killed Bhutto", but it sounded like "They shot Putin."
First thing that popped into my mind was, "Jesus, there must be some people who were really pissed that he was Time's Person of the Year.