Bhutto shot dead in Rawalpindi suicide bombing

Bhutto’s death marked yet another grim chapter in Pakistan’s bloodstained history, 28 years after her father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, another ex-prime minister, was hanged by a military dictatorship in the same northern city where she was killed. Her death left her Pakistan People’s Party leaderless and plunged the Muslim nation of 160 million into violence and recriminations, with Bhutto supporters accusing Musharraf’s government of failing to protect her in the wake of death threats and previous attempts on her life. As the news spread, supporters gathered at the hospital where Bhutto had been taken, smashed glass doors, stoned cars and chanted, “Killer, Killer, Musharraf.” At least nine people were killed in violence across the nation.

i’d been following her via kpcc since the first bomb went off when she landed, then the house arrest, and now this. i’d always hoped musharraf would bow out gracefully but with oil prices spiking and the campaigns going to orange-i’m-the-best-terror-czar-candidate-alert i think everyone is holding their breath.