Pakistan holds 2 more suspects in Benazir's murder

  • 12/15/2022
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ISLAMABAD, February 07, SPA -- Pakistani police have arrestedtwo more suspects in connection with the assassination ofopposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said onThursday. Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack on Dec. 27 asshe was coming out of an election rally in the city ofRawalpindi, adjoining the capital Islamabad. "Right now, I can only say that two suspects have beenapprehended in this connection," Interior Minister Hamid Nawaztold Reuters. Last month, authorities arrested 15-year-old Aitezaz Shahwho admitted being a back-up suicide bomber for a team thatassassinated Bhutto. Shah and his "handler" Sher Zaman werecaptured from the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/524931

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