Benazir’s death not caused by bullet: SY

ISLAMABAD: The Scotland Yard team, which conducted an investigation into the death of former PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said her death was not caused by a bullet.
The text of probe report, which was presented to the interior ministry, said the death of Benazir Bhutto was caused by the force and intensity of suicide bomb blast, which hurled her head to dash into some part of the vehicle resulting into her death.
The report does not tell about which elements were involved in the Benazir Bhutto case.
The report has not been formally issued.
The report concluded that a lone attacker fired shots at Bhutto before detonating explosives at a political rally in Rawalpindi on December 27, but said that bullets were not the cause of death.
"In essence, all the evidence indicates that one suspect has fired the shots before detonating an improvised explosive device," said an executive summary of the report, signed by Detective Superintendent John MacBrayne.
"The blast caused a violent collision between her head and the escape hatch area of the vehicle, causing a severe and fatal head injury," it added.
The British team of forensics and other experts spent two and a half weeks in Pakistan in January at the invitation of President Pervez Musharraf.
It said the team's task was complicated by the "lack of an extended and detailed search of the crime scene, the absence of an autopsy, and the absence of recognised body recovery and victim identification processes."
But it said that the "evidence that is available is sufficient for reliable conclusions to be drawn."
Bhutto's party has previously rejected the Pakistani government's account of her death, which also said that she was killed by the impact of a bomb, but had no immediate comment.