Pakistan: circumstances of Bhutto's death still unclear - je 30.12.2007 10

Three days after the brutal assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the focus is shifting to her party, the Pakistan People´s Party. The PPP will be discussing a successor today ... and whether to take part in parliamentary elections in just over a week´s time. Bhutto's 19-year-old son, Bilawal, is also to read out a political will she left that details her views on the PPP's future. With the exact circumstances of Bhutto´s death still unclear, sporadic violence has continued: over 40 people have died since a suicide attacker murdered the former prime minister on Thursday.