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The latest video footage from Benazir Bhutto's assassination in Pakistan appears to show the moment her killer attacked.

The images capture a man aiming a pistol and firing at least two shots, just yards from the opposition leader. An explosion can then be seen.

Al Qaeda-linked militant commander Baitullah Mehsud has denied government claims that he was involved in the attack.

Meanwhile, a row has erupted over exactly how Ms Bhutto died, while emergency talks into whether a January election should be go ahead loom.

Ms Bhutto was killed on Thursday after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi.

The gunman opened fire before an explosive was detonated.

Security officials initially said Ms Bhutto had been shot in the neck and head. But the government then announced she died when the force of the blast smashed her head on a sunroof lever.

Dismissing the government's "ludicrous" theory, a close aide who prepared Ms Bhutto's body for burial insisted she was shot in the head.

Sherry Rehman said: "She has a bullet wound at the back of her head on the left side. It came out the other. That was a very large wound, and she bled profusely through that."

She accused the government of not providing enough security for Ms Bhutto and attempting a "cover up".

Meanwhile, the assassination has thrown into doubt whether Pakistan can hold an election in 10 days' time that was meant to complete a transition to civilian rule.

The West hopes an election will bring stability to a country emerging from eight years of military rule while facing mounting violence from Islamist militants allied to al Qaeda.

But one of the two main opposition parties has announced an election boycott in response to her murder.

Ms Bhutto's supporters have also been rioting in parts of the country. Thousands of stone-throwing protesters have clashed with police in Rawalpindi.

Leaders of Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) are due to meet this weekend and are expected to decide whether to fight the election if it goes ahead.