Bodies lie on a road in front of a vehicle carrying of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto at the bomb explosion site in Karachi, 18 October 2007. At least 20 people were killed and several wounded when a car bomb ripped through Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession in Pakistan, but the former prime minister was unhurt. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Bodies lie on a road in front of a vehic
When Benazir Bhutto returned home in October 2007, the attempt on her life the first day back was not wholly unexpected. Violence as a political instrument has been legitimized for many groups, and in the murky miasma of Pakistani politics the attack could have been the work of any number of them.