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Key Eyewitness In Benazir Bhutto Assassination Case Killed

Khalid Shahenshah, the key eyewitness in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and the Chief Security Officer to her husband Asif Zardari, the leader of ruling Pakistan People’s Party, was shot dead at his door.

According to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Nawa-i-Waqt, car-borne assailants fired six bullets into Khalid Shahenshah in Karachi. In the image below, Khalid Shahenshah is seen standing next to Benazir Bhutto as she addresses her last public rally just before the assassination.

Source: Roznama Nawa-i-Waqt, Pakistan, July 23, 2008; Roznama Khabrain, Pakistan, July 23, 2008

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