PAKISTAN: Suspects held over Bhutto murder

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Updated January 21, 2008 20:54:26

Police in Pakistan are investigating two suspects in connection with a plot to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. It's alleged Fifteen-year-old Aitezaz Shah told interrogators he had been part of a back-up team of three bombers who were tasked with killing Benazir Bhutto if the original December 27 attack failed.

Presenter: Steve Holland
Speakers: Pakistan analyst retired general Talat Masood.

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