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Teenage boy held in Bhutto probe
A teenage boy who was allegedly part of a five-man squad in the plot to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been arrested, security officials said on Saturday.
- Agencies
- Published: 23:12 January 19, 2008
Islamabad: A teenage boy who was allegedly part of a five-man squad in the plot to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been arrested, security officials said on Saturday.
The suspect, 15-year-old Aitezaz Shah, was arrested in the city of Dera Ismail Khan on Friday while planning a suicide bombing during the Muslim festival of Ashura, police said.
Shah told interrogators he had been part of a back-up team of three bombers who were given the task of killing former premier Bhutto if the original December 27 attack had failed, the officials added.
The government and the CIA have blamed Al Qaida and tribal warlord Baitullah Mehsud for Bhutto's killing.
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