Pakistan's Musharraf Escapes Bomb Attack
Source: ABC
A bomb exploded near a convoy carrying former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf who is on trial for treason, but the former ruler was not harmed, a police official and his spokeswoman said Thursday.
Musharraf had survived multiple assassination attempts while he was in office. When he returned to the country last year, the Pakistani Taliban vowed to kill him.
In the latest attack, Musharraf was traveling from the military hospital in Rawalpindi where he's been treated since January to his house in the capital of Islamabad when the blast went off late Wednesday, said police official Mohammed Hayat.
Musharraf's convoy had just crossed a bridge entering the capital when the bomb went off, Hayat said. He said the blast was caused by 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of explosives, adding that it was not clear whether it was a remote control or time device.
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