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| Pakistan: UN team begin inquiry into Bhuttos death |
| 2009-07-17 |
| [ADN Kronos] Members of a United Nations inquiry investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Pakistan on Thursday. Senior officials from the interior ministry and the foreign office met members of the commission on their arrival. Led by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, the team includes a former Indonesian attorney general and a former senior Irish police officer. The inquiry will last six months and investigate the "facts and circumstances" of Bhutto's death. The former prime minister was killed in December 2007 as she left a party rally in Rawalpindi. The government has accused Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud of ordering Bhutto's murder. "The staff, working under direction of the commissioners, will gather information, collate relevant material and conduct interviews," said a UN statement released on Thursday. The members of the commission were expected to be in the country until 19 July. |
| Posted by:Fred |