Slain Bhutto laid to rest in family tomb

Slain Bhutto laid to rest in family tomb

by Hasan Mansoor 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

GHARI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistan's assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest in her family's ancestral grave Friday to scenes of searing emotion from hundreds of thousands of mourners.

State television said Bhutto was buried at the mausoleum after a mullah led the massive crowd in funeral prayers.

A huge roar greeted her coffin, wrapped in the black, green and red flag of her Pakistan People's Party, as it was borne towards the Bhutto mausoleum in a white vehicle.

It took more than two hours to crawl the five kilometres (3.2 miles) from her family home in Naudero to the private mausoleum in Ghari Khuda Baksh, deep in rural southern Pakistan.

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