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Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition party Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. [1] [6] [7] Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting.
The fighting resulted in the death of 25 Pakistani soldiers and 16 to 35 Somalis according to hospital figures. [ 21 ] [ 15 ] 59 Pakistanis and 3 Americans were wounded. [ 21 ] Aidid disputed the hospital figures, claiming 70 Somalis had been killed, many of whom were civilian.
Killed by a car bomb planted by unidentified militant Thomas Sankara: President of Burkina Faso: October 15, 1987: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso: Soldiers under the command of Gilbert Diendéré: René Moawad: President of Lebanon: November 22, 1989: Beirut Lebanon: Killed by a car bomb Ahmed Abdallah: President of the Comoros: November 26, 1989 ...
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2015 – Two young brothers, Zeshan and Shakeel, were killed in police firing near the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi. Sources claim Zeshan and Shakeel were shot several times after failing to stop at a police checkpoint. One of them died instantly while other died later in hospital. Both victims were unarmed. [4] [5] [6]
On 13 June 1993, an element of the Pakistani contingent of UNOSOM II opened fire with a machine gun onto a crowd of protestors in Mogadishu, Somalia, shooting approximately 70 Somalis. At least 20 people were killed in the attack, including women and children, and more than 50 others were wounded.
August: Benazir Bhutto's first government is dismissed as Prime Minister of Pakistan on charges of incompetence and corruption by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. See Mehrangate. [2] August-November: Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi heads Pakistan's first caretaker government after Benazir Bhutto's dismissal. [3]
A leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said that his condition was stable. [18] In the hospital, Khan met Ibtisam, the person who tried to tackle the gunman. Khan gave Ibtisam his thanks and he give him an autograph. In total, nine people were injured, including Khan and Senator Faisal Javed Khan, and one civilian was killed. [19] [20]