Pakistan's Musharraf survives bomb attack
Convoy of ex-president targeted near Islamabad
03 April, 13:58
(ANSA) - Islamabad, April 3 - Pakistan's former military
ruler Pervez Musharraf escaped an attack on his convoy early
Thursday, police sources report.
Musharaff was travelling from a military hospital in
Rawalpindi where he had been receiving treatment for a heart
condition to his villa on the outskirts of Islamabad at the time
of the attack.A bomb hidden in a pipe under a bridge reportedly exploded 20 minutes before the ex president was due to pass.
No casualties were reported in the blast. Musharraf, who survived numerous assassination attempts during his time in power, is on trial for treason for suspending the constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007.
He was admitted to hospital for observation at the start of the year.
