The Day That Democracy Died

A SUICIDE assassin on a motorbike shot Benazir Bhutto in the neck and chest before blowing himself to bits yesterday.
Fifteen others were killed in the bloody atrocity, which plunged Pakistan into turmoil and triggered dire warnings of civil war in the nuclear nation. Brave Ms Bhutto, 54, whose life had been constantly under threat since her return from exile two months ago, was murdered after addressing a political rally in Rawalpindi. She had just told supporters of her Pakistan People’s Party: “I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger.”....Click on title for link to the rest of the story.