Former Pakistani prime minister and Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been killed today in a suicide attack, two months after she returned from eight years of exile to attempt a political comeback. Bhutto was shot at close range as she was leaving the rally in this garrison city south of Islamabad, aides said. Immediately after the shooting, a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Bhutto’s car, killing at least 15 other people.


Bhutto was rushed to a hospital with extensive wounds to her torso, her supporters said. Shortly after she arrived at the hospital, an official came out of the building and told a crowd of supporters Bhutto was dead.