Pakistan’s main government prosecutor in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday en route to the next hearing at the anti-terror court

Pakistan's main government prosecutor in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday en route to the next hearing at the anti-terror court, police said.
  
State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar was shot multiple times by gunmen who intercepted his vehicle in a busy, middle-class neighborhood of the capital. His bodyguard was also wounded and a woman passer-by killed.
  
"Chaudhry Zulfiqar was driving his car. He lost control and the car crushed a woman passer-by," police officer Mohammad Yousuf told AFP. "Zulfiqar was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," he added. Police said the gunmen fled on a motorbike.
  
The prosecutor was on his way to the anti-terrorism court hearing the Bhutto case in the neighbouring city of Rawalpindi.
  
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was this week placed under two-week house arrest over charges that he conspired to murder Bhutto. Zulfiqar had been given extra government security last year after police investigators working on the case received threats, which also named him.
  
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the shooting. "I cannot comment. I'm in a state of shock," Zulfiqar's deputy Azhar Chaudhry told AFP when asked to comment.