EU condemns Benazir’s killing as strike 'against Pakistan'

BRUSSELS—The European Commission condemned Thursday the killing of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as "an attack against democracy and against Pakistan."
"The European Commission condemns this callous terrorist attack perpetrated less than two weeks ahead of election day in the strongest terms," Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a statement.
"This is an attack against democracy and against Pakistan," he said, sending the EU executive arm's condolences to the family of Bhutto and of the other victims.
"We hope that Pakistan will remain firmly on track for a return to democratic civilian rule," he added.
Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Thursday, just two months after she returned from exile for a political comeback. Sixteen other people were killed and 56 wounded.