Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday in a suicide bomb blast attack after speaking to a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto's attacker shot her in the neck and chest before blowing himself up in the car next to her. She died later at the hospital and was 54 years old. Bhutto's supporters were so angered and saddened by their opposition leader's assassination that they have been attacking police and burning tires and election campaign posters in several cities. At the hospital where she died, some smashed glass and wailed, chanting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf. President Bush condemed the murder and vowed the attackers must be "brought to justice." [Source]
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Fact: Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was first elected prime minister in 1988 at the age of 35. She was a graduate of Harvard and Oxford University.
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