Murtaza Bhutto

ONE MORE MURTAZA’S GUARD DIES. ASIF WAS
ONLY SURVIVOR IN THE BACK OF MURTAZA ‘S
VEHICLE
KARACHI Sep 22, 1996: Another supporter of Murtaza Bhutto died of his
wounds Saturday. A spokesman for Murtaza's Pakistan People's Party-
Shaheed Bhutto group accused police of shooting to death Sunday a detained
survivor of and witness to the fatal confrontation between police and
Murtaza's men. He said the man, identified only as Asif, was in the back of
Murtaza's vehicle, but escaped injury at the time. He said the party had no
confidence in the high court judge appointed to head the inquiry, Ali
Mohammed Baloch. The spokesman said security forces had detained 3,000
party members in the past few days. Karachi police confirmed only six
arrests. Surviving members of the powerful but feuding Bhutto political
dynasty came together at the family's ancestral home in Larkana to pay their
last respects to Murtaza.Nusrat Bhutto, accompanied by Benazir and another
daughter, Sanam, laid red roses on Murtaza's grave Sunday. The PPP-
Shaheed Bhutto faction, which has called for 10 days of mourning and a
three-day strike, accused Zardari Sunday of engineering Murtaza's death. A
statement issued by Zafar Arif, a member of the central committee of
Murtaza's faction, said Zardari held secret talks with “criminal elements” in
the security forces last week. ``The murder of Murtaza Bhutto is the direct
result of these conspiracies,'' the statement said. No comment was
immediately available from Zardari, who is also investment minister in his
wife's government.
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