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Pakistan Tells Doubters to Exhume Body

Speculation on Bhutto death runs wild as riots threaten elections

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 29, 2007 3:55 PM CST
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(Newser) – Benazir Bhutto’s political party is free to exhume her corpse to verify her ever-shifting cause of death, a Pakistani official said today. So far, the government has issued three accounts—gunshots, shrapnel, and then a fractured skull from hitting her head—which has PPP leadership crying cover-up, CNN reports. “We don’t mind if [they want] her body exhumed,” the official said, “but we gave you what the facts are.”

Bhutto’s death has triggered nationwide riots that have killed 40 so far, and it may push back elections promised for January 8, the Washington Post reports. Despite heavy security, nighttime rioters have burned cars and buses; in the day, usually busy streets are empty. “These are the sentiments of the people,” said one man who’s staying indoors. “This is their natural reaction.”

Pakistani women light candles in front of a portrait of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto during a vigil at her Pakistan Peoples Party office Saturday Dec. 29, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan says it does not need foreign assistance to investigate Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite deepening controversy over how...
Pakistani women light candles in front of a portrait of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto during a vigil at her Pakistan Peoples Party office Saturday Dec. 29, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. ...   (Associated Press)
Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto chant anti government slogans during a protest rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Mass rioting following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has led to the deaths of 38 people and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage,...
Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto chant anti government slogans during a protest rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Mass rioting following the assassination of opposition...   (Associated Press)
A woman supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto mourns over the death of her leader during a protest rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Mass rioting following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has led to the deaths of 38 people and caused tens of...
A woman supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto mourns over the death of her leader during a protest rally in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Mass rioting following the assassination...   (Associated Press)
Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto lay flowers in front of their leader's portrait during a ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Islamic militants said Saturday they had no link to Bhutto's assassination, dismissing government claims that a leader of pro-Taliban forces in Pakistan orchestrated the suicide...
Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto lay flowers in front of their leader's portrait during a ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Islamic militants said Saturday...   (Associated Press)
Members of the Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy and other social forums hold portraits of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto during a candlelight vigil in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. (AP Photo / Gautam Singh)
Members of the Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy and other social forums hold portraits of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto during a candlelight vigil in Mumbai,...   (Associated Press)
Burned buses sit in the street in central Karachi, Pakistan Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 after overnight riots by supporters of Benazir Bhutto. Rioting and violence sparked by the killing of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto continued into Saturday. Thirty-eighty people have been killed and 53 others injured since the slaying...
Burned buses sit in the street in central Karachi, Pakistan Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 after overnight riots by supporters of Benazir Bhutto. Rioting and violence sparked by the killing of Pakistani opposition...   (Associated Press)
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