11 questioned for attempt on Shaukat Aziz
AFP, Islamabad
Pakistani authorities are questioning up to 11 suspects over the attempted assassination of prime minister-designate Shaukat Aziz, for which an al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility, a minister said yesterday. "A few people, nine or 11, are being questioned," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told AFP. "The investigation is moving positively and soon we'll be in a position to reach the culprits." Aziz, a close ally of President Pervez Musharraf who himself was targetted by al-Qaeda-linked assassins twice in December, had just finished addressing a rally west of Islamabad Friday evening when a suicide bomber walked up to his car and blew himself up. Nine people including Aziz' driver were killed, Rashid said.
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