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2 More Busted in Bhutto Slaying

One man spotted in front of slain leader's vehicle

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2008 7:58 AM CST
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(Newser) – Two more men suspected of involvement in former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination were arrested yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports, based on information from an investigator. One of the men appears to be visible in video footage of the attack, standing in front of Bhutto’s vehicle. On Saturday police arrested a teen and detained a man he identified as his handler in the attack.

The 15-year-old boy told investigators he was part of a five-man squad dispatched by Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani tribal leader linked to al-Qaeda who has been identified by the CIA as the mastermind behind the assassination. Members of Bhutto's party dismissed the arrest as a "cock and bull story" intended to reduce pressure on President Pervez Musharraf, the Guardian reports, and human rights groups warned that the confession may have been the result of torture.

A pedestrian looks at the posters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pasted on a wall beside the spot, where she was killed, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Nearly half of Pakistanis suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed Bhutto, an opinion poll showed, highlighting the popular...
A pedestrian looks at the posters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pasted on a wall beside the spot, where she was killed, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Nearly half of Pakistanis...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani's walk past a poster of Benazir Bhutto at the site of her assassination last month, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Pakistani officials said Saturday they arrested a 15-year-old boy alleged to have been involved in the Dec. 27 slaying of Bhutto, an opposition leader critical of rising Islamic...
Pakistani's walk past a poster of Benazir Bhutto at the site of her assassination last month, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. Pakistani officials said Saturday they arrested a 15-year-old...   (Associated Press)
A police officer keeps watch from the roof of a building in front of an election poster featuring Benazir Bhutto and her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 in Barakau, Pakistan. An investigator told the Los Angeles Times that two more militants were arrested for her assassination Sunday,...
A police officer keeps watch from the roof of a building in front of an election poster featuring Benazir Bhutto and her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 in Barakau, Pakistan. An investigator...   (Associated Press)
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