Pakistani officials make arrests in Bhutto case
Thursday 07 February 2008
Investigation teams in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi arrested two suspects in connection with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, according to a senior Pakistani official.
Thursday 07 February 2008
By By Reuters
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani police have arrested
two more suspects in connection with the assassination of
opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said on
Thursday.
Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack on Dec. 27 as
she was coming out of an election rally in the city of
Rawalpindi, adjoining the capital Islamabad.
"Right now, I can only say that two suspects have been
apprehended in this connection," Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz
told Reuters.
Last month, authorities arrested 15-year-old Aitezaz Shah
who admitted being a a back-up suicide bomber for a team that
assassinated Bhutto. Shah and his "handler" Sher Zaman were
captured from the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan.
The government has blamed Baitullah Mehsud, an al
Qaeda-linked militant commander, based in a tribal region on
the Afghan border, for Bhutto's murder.
The latest arrests came as Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party
marked 40th and final mourning day of her assassination.
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