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AM 'shaken' in Bhutto bomb blasts | |
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Plaid Cymru Welsh assembly member Mohammad Asghar, who was with Benazir Bhutto on her return to Pakistan, says he is shaken by the attack. | |
Two explosions killed more than 130 people at a procession celebrating the ex-PM's return to Pakistan from exile. | Two explosions killed more than 130 people at a procession celebrating the ex-PM's return to Pakistan from exile. |
Ms Bhutto was not injured, and Mr Asghar, the assembly's first ethnic minority AM, said he had been very close to the blasts and escaped unhurt. | Ms Bhutto was not injured, and Mr Asghar, the assembly's first ethnic minority AM, said he had been very close to the blasts and escaped unhurt. |
Speaking to the BBC from Karachi, he said he did not know how he survived. | |
He describing the scene as carnage and added he had visited a number of hospitals in the area and was due to visit Ms Bhutto. | He describing the scene as carnage and added he had visited a number of hospitals in the area and was due to visit Ms Bhutto. |
Mr Asghar, a South Wales East AM who was elected last May, had been planning to be in Pakistan for about a week. | Mr Asghar, a South Wales East AM who was elected last May, had been planning to be in Pakistan for about a week. |