Pakistani police released a report on Wednesday about the
investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister and
leader of the opposition People's Party Benazir Bhutto.
Speaking at a news conference in Rawalpindi, Abdul Najeed,
assistant inspector general of the Pakistani Police Central
Intelligence Department said two suspects arrested by the police
confessed to their involvement in the assassination of Bhutto.
Abdul Najeed said the two suspects told the police about their
conspiracy to kill Bhutto.
Rafaqat and Hasnian Gul were arrested recently from different
areas of Rawalpindi and they confessed to the involvement in
killing Bhutto before judicial Magistrate Chaudhry Muhammad
Taufiqin Rawalpindi.
According to their confession, a five-member squad were involved
in the killing of Bhutto on Dec. 27 last year.
Bhutto was killed in gunshots and suicide bombing attacks on
Dec. 27 last year after addressing an election rally in
Rawalpindi.
Abdul Najeed said the five people had a meeting in North West
Frontier Province, mulling a plan to kill Bhutto. They entered
Rawalpindi on Dec. 26, one day before Bhutto was supposed to
address an election rally.
Abdul Najeed said two suicide bombers tried to enter the Liaqat
Bagh park where Bhutto would attend an election rally but they were
stopped by security personnel. They decided that each one of them
should wait at one gate of the two exits of the park.
The squad also had some people inside the park to inform the two
suicide bombers about Bhutto's whereabouts. After Bhutto addressed
the election rally, one bomber at one gate of the park got the
information Bhutto was getting out of that gate. Then he launched
the attack.
The suspects confessed that they belonged to an Islamic group
who feared that Bhutto would crack down on them after coming into
power.
Abdul Najeed said the investigation was still going on and more
details about Bhutto's assassination would be made available in the
future.
(Xinhua News Agency February 14, 2008)
