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Benazir Bhutto buried in Pakistan
Assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was buried next to the grave of her father in her ancestral home on Friday.
- Agencies
- Published: 18:26 December 28, 2007
- Mourners wept and beat their heads in grief as Bhutto's casket was carried out of her ancestral home.
- Image Credit: AP
Naudero, Pakistan: Assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was buried next to the grave of her father in her ancestral home on Friday.
Thousands of her supporters almost halted the funeral procession in their desperation to get near the flag-draped coffin, while minor scuffles also broke out.
Mourners wept and beat their heads in grief as Bhutto's casket was carried out of her ancestral home at Garhi-Khuda Baksh.
Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and her three children arrived from Dubai to attend the funeral and burial.
Violence erupted in Pakistan hours before the funeral started, with angry mobs setting cars, train stations, banks and buildings on fire. At least nine people were killed in the violence.
Bhutto, who had hoped to regain power in a January 8 parliamentary election, was assassinated on Thursday at a campaign rally.
On Friday, the government announced a three-day period of mourning, but Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro said there was no immediate plan to postpone the election.
"Right now the elections stand where they were," he told a news conference. "We will consult all the political parties to take any decision about it."
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