Report: Bhutto attacker identified

Source: Xinhua | 01-09-2008 08:02

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- An attacker on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been identified, according to a local TV report Monday night.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves  to her supporters at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi,  Pakistan, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto died Thursday as  Party security adviser says she was shot in the neck  and chest as she got into her vehicle, then gunman  blew himself up. At least 20 others were also killed  in a blast that took place as Bhutto left the rally.  (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Pakistani police conducted raids and arrested several people in Swabi in the North West Frontier Province, where the attacker belonged.

The attacker was killed in the suicide attack on Bhutto on Nov.27 in the eastern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, some 30 kms south of the capital Islamabad.

More than 20 other people were also killed and dozens were injured in the attack.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei