Benazir's assassination prosecutor becomes the assassinated

Published May 3, 2013
Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar talks to journalists outside the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi, in this file picture taken April 26, 2013.
Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar talks to journalists outside the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi, in this file picture taken April 26, 2013.
Security officials inspect the damaged car, which Zulfikar was travelling in, when he came under attack by unidentified gunmen, in Islamabad May 3, 2013.
Security officials inspect the damaged car, which Zulfikar was travelling in, when he came under attack by unidentified gunmen, in Islamabad May 3, 2013.
Security officials inspect the damaged car.
Security officials inspect the damaged car.
A policeman collects evidence from the car.
A policeman collects evidence from the car.
The body of Zulfikar is seen through an ambulance window.
The body of Zulfikar is seen through an ambulance window.
Qamar Abbas (C), son of prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar, pushes onlookers out of the way as his father's body is loaded into an ambulance.
Qamar Abbas (C), son of prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar, pushes onlookers out of the way as his father's body is loaded into an ambulance.

Chaudhry Zulfikar, the prosecutor investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, one of the most shocking events in Pakistan's turbulent history, was shot dead on May 3, 2013, police sources said. Gunmen on a motorcycle pumped 12 bullets into Zulfikar as he left his home in Islamabad, the sources said. - Photos and text by Reuters

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