Agencies
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack.
Bhutto had just addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi when she was shot in the neck by a gunman who then set off a bomb.
At least 16 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.
President Pervez Musharraf condemned the killing and urged people to remain calm. Security forces were placed on a state of “red alert” nationwide. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack. Analysts believe Islamist militants to be the most likely group behind it.

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