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Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, has been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a political rally in Rawalpindi, the Interior Ministry said.

Her death was confirmed shortly after Ms Bhutto’s husband was reported as telling a television channel that his wife was "badly injured".

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Bhutto Campaigned Despite Risk of Attack

Benazir Bhutto had been warned by President Pervez Musharraf and others not to campaign so publicly, but she remained defiant. "I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger," she said Thursday.

Aitzaz Ahsan, a senior leader of Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, says the ultimate responsibility for Thursday’s assassination lies with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Ahsan, who is under house arrest, talks with Robert Siegel.

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has spread violence in the country with looting and burning of business establishments