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Tactics of the bombing were such that whenever Bhutto left her armored truck to speak, a security cordon at least 50 feet deep kept everyone away and there were outer rings of security that repulsed the bomber twice (he had pretended to be a party supporter and part of the entourage).

When the truck started to move the first bomber threw a grenade in order to scatter the crowd and open a path for the main bomber to get close.

The grenades didn't have the intended effect and the main bomber got as close as he could and detonated. The crowd took most of the blast, minimal damage to the truck except for one killed on top of the truck.

The truck had secretly been seriously armored and Bhutto was quite safe.

Bhutto knew that any attack would benefit her and her alone, no other way to gain that much power so early on.