The bombing 2007 Karsaz bombing

the streets of karachi ground halt welcome return of benazir bhutto, after eight-year self-imposed exile during lived in dubai , london. 2 explosions occurred in front of rallying truck greeted supporters , party members @ approximately 00:52 pst, on route halfway airport tomb of muhammad ali jinnah scheduled rally, after bhutto s truck had crossed bridge. police vehicles bore brunt of blasts, destroyed 3 police vans , killed @ least 20 policemen in vehicles. conflicting reports indicate bhutto, not injured in attack, either sitting on top of truck or had climbed compartment of truck @ time of explosion.

bhutto escorted residence, bilawal house. victims rushed jinnah hospital, liaquat national hospital, civil hospital , abbasi shaheed hospital. in press conference on 19 october 2007, bhutto claimed security team unable prevent attack because of streetlights being turned off, , called inquiry why happened.

on 20 october 2007, authorities released photograph of suspect responsible suicide attack. on 23 october, pakistani prime minister shaukat aziz rejected pakistan peoples party s demand probe suicide blast foreign experts, expressing confidence pakistani law-enforcement agencies can probe in objective manner.

in immediate aftermath of attempt on life, bhutto wrote letter general pervez musharraf naming 4 persons whom suspected of engineering attacks. careful not name musharraf himself, chose name senior military officials , politicians in musharraf s regime instead, including chaudhry pervaiz elahi, rival pml-q politician , chief minister of province of punjab, hamid gul, former director of inter-services intelligence agency, , ijaz shah, director general of intelligence bureau, premier military intelligence agency on pakistan. musharraf s regime blamed terrorist organisations such al-qaeda , elements of taliban in pakistan instead.

al-qaeda s pakistan operations chief, fahid mohammed ally msalam, believed behind attack. killed in drone strike in pakistan along lieutenant sheikh ahmed salim swedan on 1 january 2009.

pakistani taliban leader baitullah mehsud implicated in attack. killed in drone strike in pakistan in august 2009.