News | 28.12.2007 | 13:00 UTC

Benazir Bhutto buried in southern Pakistan

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been buried near her family's ancestral home in Sindh province. She was laid to rest in a mausoleum where her father, former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is also buried. Hundreds of thousand of mourners had gathered for her funeral, which came a day after she was shot dead after an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi. Her assassination has sparked violent protests throughout the country. Senior officials said at least 19 people were killed in clashes with police. Security forces in Sindh province have been ordered to shoot violent protesters on sight. Despite Bhutto's death, Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro said the government had no immediate plans to postpone next month's parliamentary elections.

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