‘Bhutto Was Not Killed By Assassin’s Bullets’

Eyewitness Photographer Says Bhutto Ducked Before Gun Fire And Bomb Blast

Pakistan Government : Bhutto Hit Her Head On Sunroof!

Totally contradicting a number of eyewitness reports, including members of Benazir Bhutto’s opposition who were with her yesterday, Pakistan government officials and hospital staff are now claiming Bhutto was not hit and killed by bullets fired by an alleged suicide bomber.

Reports yesterday claimed Bhutto was hit in the neck and chest (or back) by an assassin’s bullets, shortly before a suicide bomber allegedly detonated himself.

Now the official story is Bhutto bumped her head?

Nawaz said that Bhutto died from a head injury. At least seven doctors from the Rawalpindi General Hospital – where the leader was rushed immediately after the attack – say there were no bullet marks on Bhutto’s body.

The doctors have submitted a report to the Pakistan government in which they say that no post-mortem was performed on Bhutto’s body and they had not received any instructions to perform one.

“The report says she had head injuries – an irregular patch – and the X-ray doesn’t show any bullet in the head. So it was probably the shrapnel or any other thing has struck her…That damaged her brain, causing it to ooze and her death. The report categorically says there’s no wound other than that,” Nawaz told a Pakistani news channel.

Eyewitness Photographer Says Bhutto Ducked Before Bullets Were Fired Or Suicide Bomber Exploded :

According to The Mirror, the US-born photographer told how the crowd had begun to disperse after Bhutto appeared to leave the area before she reappeared to wave from the sunroof of her car.

He said: ‘I was shocked she would do that because she was obviously aware of the extreme dangers of all of her public appearances.

‘The way the crowd was standing, there was no clear way for the car to pass. So, it was moving very slowly with someone in front trying to clear a way.

‘I had taken a couple of frames, but the crowd was pushing me as people at the back tried to get closer and those at the front tried to move out of the way of her convoy.

‘I looked up to try and steady myself and get a proper footing, and as I did, I saw Bhutto ducked down in the car.

‘Knowing what I know now, she must have seen the bomber in the crowd and known she was in danger. Right then, I heard at least two gunshots, I think it could have been three.

‘Then the bomb went off.”

These contradictions in the original news stories and the Musharraf government’s official version of events will do little to appease Bhutto’s outraged supporters.

UPDATE : I was being unnecessarily sarcastic above when I said that the official story from the Pakistan government is that Benazir Bhutto died from hitting her head…but now that is exactly what Sky News is reporting :

died from injuries she suffered when hitting her vehicle’s sunroof

An Interior Ministry spokesman said a post mortem found no bullets or shrapnel in her body.

He was speaking at a press conference at which video was shown of Ms Bhutto’s last moments.

It was previously announced Ms Bhutto had died as a result of being hit in the neck and chest by shots fired by an assassin.

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has also blamed al Qaeda and the Taliban for the 54-year-old’s death.

At least an injury from hitting the sunroof fits in with the eyewitness account of the photographer quoted above and the footage of her vehicle yesterday that showed little substantial damage from the bomb blast.

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