Benazir Bhutto Timeline

Timeline – The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

Oct 16, 2007-Benazir Bhutto wrote a letter to President and Army chief of Staff Pervez Musharraf warning of a plot against her life
Oct 18, 2007 – Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan from exile in England

Dec 26, 2007 – Authorities detain a man with explosives near Ms. Bhutto rally in Peshwar province

Dec 27,2007 - Benazir Bhutto election rally scheduled to be held

Dec 27, 2007 – (early afternoon) A rooftop sniper kills four sharif supporters and injure five

Dec 27, 2007 – At 3:45p Benazir Bhutto and her top party officials drive from Islamabad to Rawalpindi

Dec 27, 2007 Bhutto rally proceeds as planned

Dec 27 2007 (near Dusk) Bulletproof SUV drives B. Bhutto away from site of rally

Dec 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto killed by gunshot as she raises head out of sunroof to acknowledge her supporters.

Dec 27, 2007 –Benazir Bhutto rally; as gunshots fired or shortly afterwards a man blows himself up

Dec 27 2007 –Benazir Bhutto pronounced dead at 6:00pm at Rawalpindi General hospital

Dec 29, 2009-interior ministry issued a more definitive statement,
However, there are some points that need clarification and other points that leave open questions of concern. It made sense that Benazir Bhutto would warn the President and Army chief that she was in danger…a couple of months before her rally, it also makes sense that the day before and after snipers and suicide bombers are active trying to assassinate politicians before their rallies and the national election. The other key point that really makes sense is that the assassination took place after Benazir Bhutto’s speech because it gave the shooter and bomber time to fit in, pretend to be a supporter of Ms. Bhutto, and then kill her. One point that needs clarity and leaves open questions is whether the bomb was meant to finish Ms. Bhutto off or clear the scene of finger prints and