About 15 dead in blast outside Bhutto rally-police

Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:38am EST
 
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed about 15 people on Thursday outside a rally by Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the city of Rawalpindi, police said.

Bhutto, who was leaving the park where she had just finished her rally, was safe, her party said.

Police at the scene said about 15 people had been killed. (Reporting by Augustine Anthony; writing by Robert Birsel; editing by David Fogarty)



 

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