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World's 10 famous leaders who were assassinated

New Delhi: Assassinations of famous men and women cause political and social upheavals. In India, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was the result of Indira Gandhi's assassination. An assassination is a murder of an individual, who

India TV News Desk Published : Oct 28, 2013 18:27 IST, Updated : Mar 23, 2014 7:19 IST
1.  Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan



The 11th and only woman Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto served in two non-consecutive terms from November 1988 to October 1990, and then from 1993 until she was finally dismissed in November 1996.

She was shot during a campaign rally in Rawalpindi on 27th December, 2007, after which she was immediately taken to the Rawalpindi General Hospital but could not survive the injuries.

The responsibility of the attack was claimed by Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an Al-Qaeda commander. On 26th April, 2013, Pervez Musharraf was taken into house arrest on account of his possible links to her death.
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