Benazir Bhutto ble fredag gravlagt uten å ha vært obdusert. Myndighetene endret forklaring om hennes dødsårsak. Først var det skudd, så var det stålsplinter, og så¨ble det sammenstøt med et håndtak. Spekulasjonene om at regjeringen har noe å skjule, øker.

In Pakistan, the shifting government explanations and Bhutto’s burial without autopsy aroused suspicion.

Babar Awan, a senior official of Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, said of the sunroof theory: «That is a false claim.» He said he’d seen her body after the attack and there were at least two bullet marks, one in the neck and one on the top of the head: «It was a targeted, planned killing. The firing was from more than one side.»

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Mohammadmian Soomro, told the Cabinet that Bhutto’s husband had insisted on no autopsy. But according to a leading lawyer, Athar Minallah, an autopsy is mandatory under Pakistan’s criminal law in a case of this nature.

«It is absurd, because without autopsy it is not possible to investigate. Is the state not interested in reaching the perpetrators of this heinous crime or there was a cover-up?» Minallah said.

The scene of the attack also was watered down with a high-pressure hose within an hour, washing away evidence.

Pakistan government skips autopsy, shifts story on how Bhutto died

En fransk terrorekspert Time har snakket med, sier:

Al-Qaeda and the Taliban had both previously threatened her for her pledges to modernize Pakistan, and promises to allow U.S. forces to hunt down jihadists on Pakistani soil. Military and intelligence forces in the country also considered her a threat. (Members of both Pakistani agencies have long been accused of ties with al-Qaeda and the Taliban.) Even members of the Musharraf government viewed Bhutto with hostility in the run-up to the Jan. 8 elections.

«So many people had a motive for killing her it’s impossible to know who was responsible despite the theories and claims now being made,» says the intelligence official. «There is so much scheming and double-dealing in Pakistan that the country is the analyst’s worst nightmare. We may never really know what group was responsible, and what kind of help it got.»

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