Report: Bhutto attacker identified

Source: Xinhua | 01-08-2008 18:09

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:Du Xiaodan