Militant linked to assassinate attempt on Bhutto killed in Pak

December 10, 2014 03:45

A key Taliban commander responsible for masterminding a 2007 bomb attack that killed 140 people in a botched attempt to assassinate Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto was killed today by police.

Firdous Khan was killed in an hour-long gun battle with police in Manghopir neighbourhood of Karachi, said Usman Bajwa, a senior official in the Crime Investigations Department.

"Firdous was the mastermind behind carrying out the bombing attack on the convoy of Benazir Bhutto when she returned to Karachi from exile in 2007," Bajwa said.

Several bomb blasts took place when Benazir Bhutto returned home to a big welcome in October 2007 but she escaped unhurt although 140 people were killed in those attacks.

In December that year the former prime minister was assassinated in Rawalpindi after addressing a public meeting at Liaquat Bagh.

Bajwa said Firdous was the facilitator and also trained the suicide bombers who carried out the attacks.

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