RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday outside a large gathering of her supporters where a suicide bomber also killed at least 14, doctors and a spokesman for her party said.
Benazir Bhutto greets her supporters at the rally that was hit by a suicide attack.
While Bhutto appeared to have died from bullet wounds, it was not immediately clear if she was shot or if her wounds were caused by bomb shrapnel.
President Pervez Musharraf held an emergency meeting in the hours after the death, according to state media.
Police warned citizens to stay home as they expected rioting to break out in city streets in reaction to the death.
Police sources told CNN the bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, blew himself up near Bhutto's vehicle. Watch aftermath of the attack. »
Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital -- less than two miles from the bombing scene -- where doctors pronounced her dead.
Former Pakistan government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan said while it appeared Bhutto was shot, it was unclear if the bullet wounds to her head and neck were caused by a shooting or if it was shrapnel from the bomb.
^point i wanted to make is; she was something as unique as a democratically chosen woman for presidency, she was about to return to the power and that would be very important esp for Pakistan but also for the whole muslim world
this was terrible! i saw it while braking news on all the news channels
so sad... me as a man i think that women's leadership is very important and a thing to have a lot of respect
this was terrible! i saw it while braking news on all the news channels
so sad... me as a man i think that women's leadership is very important and a thing to have a lot of respect
This story is all over the Pakistani media, CNN, CBC, BBC, Fox Noise Channel, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and even MTV News. Bhutto's death is a blow to democracy in Pakistan.
