Conspirers in Bhutto's murder confess: Pak police

Friday, February 15, 2008, 10:09 [IST]

Islamabad, Feb 14, 2008 : Pakistani police probing the assassination of Benazir Bhutto said on February 13 that they had a "major breakthrough" when two Islamist militants identified as Hasnain Gul and Rifaqat arrested last week confessed to giving her attacker a pistol and suicide vest.

Addressing a news conference in Rawalpindi, Deputy Inspector General Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said that the confession was a major piece of evidence in the case.

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