Benazir Bhutto killed

This is bad.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s opposition leader and one of the country’s best known politicians, was assassinated Thursday in a stunning suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at a rally.

The death of the charismatic former prime minister threw the campaign for the Jan. 8 parliamentary election into chaos and stirred fears of mass protests across Pakistan, a key ally for the West in the war against terrorism.

A wave of violence had already begun by Thursday night. In anger and grief, protesters rioted in the southern port city of Karachi, firing shots at police, setting tires and cars on fire and burning a gas station. One person was killed north of Karachi in the violent aftermath of the assassination.

Violence also erupted in other cities in Pakistan. [Source]

You know what’s worse? A good half of the articles I’ve seen are about how Bhutto’s assassination will affect the U.S. I’m not even going to start.

I don’t know much about Benazir Bhutto, but I hope that Pakistan can recover from her murder and that her family and friends have the support they need right now.