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Policeman: Sudden Crowd Stopped Bhutto's Car

New reports deepen mystery around assassination

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 12, 2008 6:45 AM CST
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(Newser) – New reports on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto point to the killing being a well-organized plot and suggest Musharraf's government knows more than it claims, McClatchy reports. A police witness says a crowd that appeared to be Bhutto supporters surged into the road and stopped her car. When she emerged from the sunroof to wave, she was shot.

"I don't know who they were or from where they came. They just appeared on the road," said the officer, who saw a man 10 feet away from him fire at Bhutto and is now recuperating from injuries sustained in the blast that followed. Another report identifies the make of the pistol recovered at the scene, and the triggering mechanism for the bomb, similar to 15 previous suicide bombings in the country. Many Pakistanis suspect the government was either involved in the killing or is covering up a huge security failure.

Supporters of Pakistan's opposition parties clash with police officers in plain clothes during an anti-government rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Benazir Bhutto's supporters called Monday for the formation of a U.N. committee with a broad mandate to investigate the former prime minister's assassination and the events...
Supporters of Pakistan's opposition parties clash with police officers in plain clothes during an anti-government rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Benazir Bhutto's supporters called Monday...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani politicians pay their respects at a memorial shrine to assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Friday Jan. 11, 2008 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The assassination by suicide attack, and another suicide bombing Thursday came as Pakistan was preparing for elections now scheduled for February 18.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)
Pakistani politicians pay their respects at a memorial shrine to assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Friday Jan. 11, 2008 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The assassination by suicide...   (Associated Press)
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gets ready to address her supporters at her last public rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto was killed Thursday in a suicide attack as she drove away from a campaign rally just minutes after addressing thousands of supporters, aides said. (AP...
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gets ready to address her supporters at her last public rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto was killed Thursday in a suicide...   (Associated Press)
Volunteers carry an injured supporter of Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wrapped in her party's flag, after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto died Thursday from her injuries sustained in the attack, a party aide said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Volunteers carry an injured supporter of Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wrapped in her party's flag, after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto died...   (Associated Press)
A supporter of Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, mourns at the spot of the suicide attack, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Opposition leader Bhutto was shot and killed Thursday in a suicide attack on her vehicle as it pulled away from a campaign rally, aides said. (AP Photo/B....
A supporter of Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, mourns at the spot of the suicide attack, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Opposition leader Bhutto was shot and killed Thursday...   (Associated Press)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves from her car just seconds before being attacked on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Rawalpindi police officer says a crowd surged out and stopped her car just before she was shot. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves from her car just seconds before being attacked on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Rawalpindi police officer says a crowd surged out and stopped...   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
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