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| UK detectives arrive in Pakistan | UK detectives arrive in Pakistan |
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| A team of Scotland Yard investigators has arrived in Pakistan to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. | A team of Scotland Yard investigators has arrived in Pakistan to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. |
| Earlier, President Pervez Musharraf said he was "not fully satisfied" with the investigation into the killing. | Earlier, President Pervez Musharraf said he was "not fully satisfied" with the investigation into the killing. |
| But Mr Musharraf said he did not believe government or intelligence agencies had tried to "hide secrets" after Ms Bhutto's murder last Thursday. | But Mr Musharraf said he did not believe government or intelligence agencies had tried to "hide secrets" after Ms Bhutto's murder last Thursday. |
| Ms Bhutto's party has called for a wider inquiry by the United Nations. | Ms Bhutto's party has called for a wider inquiry by the United Nations. |
| Mobbed | Mobbed |
| "The team from Scotland Yard has arrived and they left the airport in a private vehicle," news agency AFP quoted a senior official at Islamabad airport as saying. | "The team from Scotland Yard has arrived and they left the airport in a private vehicle," news agency AFP quoted a senior official at Islamabad airport as saying. |
| According to reports, the detectives were mobbed by journalists at the airport, but they left without speaking. | According to reports, the detectives were mobbed by journalists at the airport, but they left without speaking. |
| On Thursday, President Musharraf told a news conference that uncertainty remained over the exact cause of Ms Bhutto's death. | On Thursday, President Musharraf told a news conference that uncertainty remained over the exact cause of Ms Bhutto's death. |
| President Musharraf says he is not satisfied with the probe | President Musharraf says he is not satisfied with the probe |
| An initial government report said she was killed when a bomb blast caused her head to hit the bullet-proof vehicle she was travelling in at the time. | An initial government report said she was killed when a bomb blast caused her head to hit the bullet-proof vehicle she was travelling in at the time. |
| That account has been rejected by Ms Bhutto's supporters. | |
| "One should not give a statement that's 100% final. That's the flaw that we suffer from," Mr Musharraf said, adding that fresh evidence had come to light. | "One should not give a statement that's 100% final. That's the flaw that we suffer from," Mr Musharraf said, adding that fresh evidence had come to light. |
| He said there had been no lapse in security and that Ms Bhutto had committed a grave breach of security by standing up through the car's sun roof. | He said there had been no lapse in security and that Ms Bhutto had committed a grave breach of security by standing up through the car's sun roof. |
| Referring to the team of detectives being sent by the UK, he said: "We needed more experience, maybe more forensic and technical experience that our people don't have." | Referring to the team of detectives being sent by the UK, he said: "We needed more experience, maybe more forensic and technical experience that our people don't have." |
| He said the team from London would examine available evidence but not what he called baseless political accusations. | He said the team from London would examine available evidence but not what he called baseless political accusations. |
| 'Inadequate' | 'Inadequate' |
| In October, Benazir Bhutto said her enemies in the government and intelligence agencies were plotting to kill her. | In October, Benazir Bhutto said her enemies in the government and intelligence agencies were plotting to kill her. |
| Asked if he had played any part in the assassination of his political opponent, the president said: "My family by any imagination is not a family which believes in killing people, assassinating, intriguing." | Asked if he had played any part in the assassination of his political opponent, the president said: "My family by any imagination is not a family which believes in killing people, assassinating, intriguing." |
| Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has criticised the government investigation as woefully inadequate. | Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has criticised the government investigation as woefully inadequate. |
| PPP Senator Babar Awan said the party would not back down in its demands for a UN investigation. | PPP Senator Babar Awan said the party would not back down in its demands for a UN investigation. |
| "Benazir Bhutto was martyred in a political conspiracy. The entire government is now involved in a save-the-culprit campaign," he said. | "Benazir Bhutto was martyred in a political conspiracy. The entire government is now involved in a save-the-culprit campaign," he said. |