CID Additional Inspector General (Addl IG) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said in a press conference on Wednesday that the plot to kill Benazir Bhutto was made in 2007, Geo News reported. He said two men charged with Benazir Bhutto’s assassination confessed to their involvement in the attack and were remanded in custody. Hasnain Gul and Rafaqat were cousins, he said, and had been class fellows at the Hazro seminary, where they also received militant training. The arrested men revealed that five people were involved in the attack, including two prepared for suicide attacks – Bilal, who shot at Benazir and blew himself up, and Ikramullah, who was prepared to attack Benazir if she left from the other gate. The fifth suspect was not identified because the Addl IG said it could affect the investigation. He said Gul had confessed to providing an explosives-laden jacket, a grenade, a 30-bore pistol and sunglasses to Bilal. Bilal, the attacker, visited Liaquat Bagh on December 27 twice between 8am and 9am in a taxi, the Addl IG told the press conference. Bilal was positioned on Gate 1 of the site and Ikramullah on Gate 2, he said. |