12-30-2007, 12:03 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Benazir aide says bathed body, saw bullet wound </b>ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (AFP) Sherry Rehman, a close aide to Benazir Bhutto and also her spokeswoman, told AFP Saturday she saw a bullet wound in the Pakistani opposition leader's head when she bathed her body after her assassination. Rehman, who said she was in the former premier's motorcade at the time of the gun and suicide attack, rejected government claims that the death was caused when Benazir's head hit her sunroof. âI was actually part of the party which bathed her body before the funeral,â said Rehman, who added that her car was used to transport Benazir to hospital. âThere was a bullet wound I saw that went in from the back of her head and came out the other side. âWe could not even wash her properly because the wound was still seeping. She lost a huge amount of blood.â Rehman accused the government of mounting a cover-up over Benazir's death. âThe hospital was made to change its statement. They never gave a proper report,â she said. âI believe the interior ministry is saying that she died from some concussion that may have taken place against the sunroof. This is ridiculous, dangerous nonsense because it is a cover-up of what actually happened.â (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
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