Scotland Yard team re-examines Benazir's vehicle

07 Jan, 2008

The Scotland Yard investigators on Sunday visited the police line to re-examine the vehicle, in which former premier Benazir Bhutto was killed, while leaving Liaquat Bagh after addressing an election rally on December 27.
This was the second visit of David Keith led Scotland Yard detectives since the team began investigations into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The Scotland Yard investigators reached the Rawalpindi Police Line No 1 on Sunday under tight security arrangements, as they were welcomed by Punjab Additional Inspector General of Police Chaudhry Abdul Majid and Rawalpindi DIG Syed Saud Aziz, SSP (operations) Yasin Farooq, Rawal Town SP Khurram Shahzad, SPs Waqar Chohan, Tahir Ayub and ASP Rana Shahid.
The re-examination of the vehicle was conducted by the team after watching the demonstration by the local police regarding stopping of vehicle before the attack at the spot, where PPP leader was killed and also in perspectives of the video and photographs taken by the investigators from the top a building overlooking Liaquat Bagh during their visit to Liaquat Bagh on Saturday.
The team re-examined the vehicle and took more photographs of the vehicle from different aspects and angles.
It watched the footage of former premier Benazir Bhutto three times, in which she can be seen while leaving the stage after addressing the rally, getting on the vehicle, standing after opening the sunroof and thereafter gunfire assault on her.
The international detectives also asked various questions from the police officials concerned, which could be helpful in the ongoing investigation.
They recorded the statement of SSP (operation) Yasin Farooq and four-member investigating team and the Punjab government also provided some evidences to the Scotland Yard team in this regard.
Sources said the team re-examined the vehicle, while watching the video three times on a big TV screen, kept beside the affected vehicle in the Police Line in which footage of the slain former premier was shown, while boarding on the vehicle, opening and coming out of the sunroof and gun firing.
The evidences and statements being recorded by the international detectives to move into further investigations and assess the actual situation.

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