Rawalpindi. Pakistan
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is said to be critically wounded following a suicide attack on a political rally in Rawalpindi, her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, was quoted as saying on CNN affiliate Geo TV. The attack has left at least 14 dead and 40 injured, Tariq Azim Khan, former Pakistan information minister, told CNN in a telephone interview.The bomber is said to have detonated a bomb as he tried to enter the rally where thousands of people gathered to hear Bhutto speak, police said.
Bhutto is said to have been leaving the rally when the attack occurred.
A spokesman for Bhutto told CNN she was safe and taken away from the scene.
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