The Daily Background

A truly odd claim from Pakistan’s ministry of the interior, which now is saying that Bhutto’s death was her own fault:

The Pakistan Government tonight claimed that Benazir Bhutto did not die from bullet wounds, as previously thought, but from hitting the sunroof of her campaign vehicle.

The dramatic statement came as the murdered political leader’s funeral drew to a close and the violence that has convulsed the country since her death intensified.
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Brigadier Javed Cheema, a ministry spokesman, said Ms Bhutto had died from a head wound after smashing against the sunroof’s lever as she tried to shelter inside her car. “There is no evidence of any foreign element in her body,” Brigadier Cheema said. “No bullet hit her, nor any splinters hit her. Unfortunately, it was to be that way.

“I wish she had not come out of the roof top of her vehicle.”

Bhutto was hurriedly buried today after her husband requested that no autopsy be done. The AP has the following photos of government handout photos, including the carseat, sunroof, and two x-rays they say depict fractures in Bhutto’s head, but no bullet penetration:




Earlier:
A few thoughts on Bhutto’s assassination

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