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Bhutto to blame for own death, says Musharraf
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto invited her own death, President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview aired on US television on Sunday.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:50 January 7, 2008
- Benazir Bhutto was killed on December 27 during a political rally in Rawalpindi.
- Image Credit: Reuters
Rawalpindi: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto invited her own death, President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview aired on US television on Sunday.
"For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone—nobody else. Responsibility is hers," Musharraf told CBS' 60 Minutes.
Bhutto was killed on December 27 during a political rally in Rawalpindi when she stood up through the sunroof of her car and a bomber fired shots at her and blew himself up.
“If she had not come out of the vehicle, the protected and armoured vehicle, maybe we would have seen her smiling face again today," Musharraf said.
Pakistan has launched an investigation into Bhutto's assassination and has sent a team of five British experts to help in the probe.
Musharraf rejected criticism that his government did not do enough to protect Bhutto, who was seeking to regain the post of prime minister.
He said that she had already survived one assassination attempt and "was given more security than any other person."
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