Special report: Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Profile: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto 

    STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The leaders from Nordic countries strongly condemned on Thursday the terrorist attack in Pakistan that killed the country's opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

    Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called the assassination "a serious attack against the efforts for a return to democracy in Pakistan." He hoped that the efforts for normalization of democracy would not be stopped by the attack.

    Sweden Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said he had felt disgust when receiving the news of Bhutto's murder, which he called "bestial". "I feel a strong worry for the consequences this will have for Pakistan," he added.

    Denmark Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller called the murder of Bhutto "the most violent attack" against the process of reconciliation and democracy in Pakistan. He urged all the political forces in the country to be consistent with efforts to keep peace and stability in the country.

    Bhutto was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi, south of capital Islamabad on Thursday while leading an election rally.