Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed today following a suicide blast during a political rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Reports have Bhutto was shot in the neck which followed the suicide bombing that also claimed the lives of at least 20 others, while 40 were injured. The rally drew a crowd of thousands of supporters amidst tight security. The violence come less than two weeks ahead of January parliamentary elections and as many days after President Pervez Musharraf lifted a six-week-old state of emergency he said was necessary to ensure the country's stability. This attack marks the third assassination attempt against Bhutto since her arrival from exhile in October. A suicide bombing on October 18 in Karachi targeting Bhutto's convoy as she arrived in Pakistan after 8 years of self-imposed exile, killed 136 people and wounded more than 387. Bhutto was unhurt in that incident.

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