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Bhutto murder-case prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad | |
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Gunmen have shot dead the prosecutor investigating the murder of Pakistan's ex-leader Benazir Bhutto, police say. | |
Attackers shot Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali as he drove to a court hearing in the case. He lost control of his car, which hit and killed a pedestrian. | |
Police have not speculated on a reason for the shooting, in Islamabad. | |
Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack in 2007. Former President Pervez Musharraf has been accused of failing to provide adequate security for her. | |
Mr Musharraf, who recently returned to Pakistan after living abroad, is being held under house arrest while the claims against him are investigated. He denies the allegations. | |
Nobody has ever been convicted over the murder of Ms Bhutto. | |
Sprayed with bullets | Sprayed with bullets |
Police say Chaudhry Zulfiqar was driving to the anti-terrorism court for a hearing on Friday morning when his car was ambushed. | |
The attackers sprayed the car with bullets, badly injuring the prosecutor. He later died in hospital. | |
A woman pedestrian was also killed and Chaudhry Zulfiqar's bodyguard was injured. | |
Earlier reports suggested two other people had died. | |
The shooting happened in the G-9 sector of Islamabad, where the prosecutors lived. The attackers fled the scene. | |
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports that lawyers in Islamabad and Rawalpindi have announced a strike over the killing. | |
The claims against Mr Musharraf date back several years. | |
A UN inquiry in 2010 found that Ms Bhutto's murder could have been prevented, and that Mr Musharraf's government did not provide her with proper security. | |
Prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for him in February 2011. | |
He had been in self-imposed exile for several years, but returned to Pakistan in March to try to stand in the forthcoming election. | |
When the authorities arrested him last week, Chaudhry Zulfiqar described the accusations as aiding and abetting Ms Bhutto's killing. | |
Mr Musharraf had blamed Ms Bhutto's killing on Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who denied any involvement. | |
Chaudhry Zulfiqar was also serving as the top prosecutor in a case related to the deadly bombings in India's city of Mumbai in 2008. |