Bhutto Cause of Death

Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto died after being injured during a suicide bomb attack at a rally on December 27, 2007. The official cause of her death became a point of contention between the Pakistani government of Pervez Musharraf and Bhutto's Pakistani People's Party (PPP).

Initial reports from Pakistani officials stated that Benazir Bhutto died due to a skull fracture she sustained after hitting her head on the sunroof of her car. On February 8, 2008, representatives from Scotland Yard reported that they had come to the same conclusion after examining the evidence. The PPP maintains that Bhutto was shot and asked the United Nations to conduct their own investigation into her death.

• CNN.com: Medical Report of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (907KB)

• BBC News: "UK Police Say Blast Killed Bhutto" (February 8, 2008)

• BBC News: "Scotland Yard on Bhutto: Key Points" (February 8, 2008)

• BBC News: "Q&A: Benazir Bhutto Assassination" (February 8, 2008)

• CNN.com: Ministry Backtracks on Bhutto Sunroof Claims (January 1, 2008)

• TIME: "Missing Evidence from Bhutto's Murder" (December 31, 2007)

• CNN.com: Police 'prevented Bhutto Autopsy' (December 31, 2007)

• FOXNews: New Video of Bhutto Assassination May Contradict Government Version (December 31, 2007)

• IBN Live: Benazir's husband rejects govt's 'explosive' claims (December 29, 2007)

• VOA News: Pakistan Dispute Erupts Over How Bhutto Died (December 29, 2007)

• CNN.com: How did Pakistan's Bhutto Die? (December 29, 2007)

• CNN.com: Fractured Skull Killed Bhutto (December 28, 2007)

• FOXNews: Officials: Bhutto Died of Fractured Skull, Not Bullet Wounds (December 28, 2007)

• CNN.com: Bhutto photographer - 'Gunshots rang out and she went down' (December 27, 2007)

• BBC News: Benazir Bhutto 'Killed in Blast' (December 27, 2007)

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