Pakistanis blame govt agencies
Nearly half of Pakistanis suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed Benazir Bhutto, an opinion poll showed, highlighting popular mistrust in the country's US-allied president ahead of elections next month.
Benazir, an opposition leader and former prime minister, was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack on Dec. 27.
The government of President Pervez Musharraf has blamed Islamic extremists for the assassination, who had already reportedly threatened to kill her. Benazir was a secular politician popular in the United States and other Western countries for her vocal opposition to hardline Islam.
But her political party and family members have repeatedly made vague allegations that elements within Musharraf's government may have been involved. Musharraf has denied any role in the slaying.
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