Pakistan on high alert after Musharraf assassination bid
Pakistani security forces went on high alert as they investigated a bid to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf hours after Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri arrived in the capital. An explosion destroyed a bridge in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, just seconds after Musharraf’s motorcade crossed over it Sunday. No-one was injured. “It’s a condemnable act and it has been condemned by everybody,” foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan said Monday. “Whoever has committed this act has committed a heinous crime. “We are conducting a comprehensive inquiry and we will get to the bottom of it, and try to determine who was responsible, what was the motivation.” Full Story