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GHARI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan: Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was Friday buried at her family's mausoleum in the southern province of Sindh surrounded by hundreds of thousands of mourners, state television said.
The vast crowds let out a huge roar as Bhutto's body arrived at the family burial ground in the village of Ghari Khuda Baksh, witnesses said.
Inside the imposing domed mausoleum a mullah led funeral prayers while the crowds raised their hands in front of their faces and chanted "Allahu Akhbar" (God is Greater) three times.
The white ambulance carrying Bhutto's coffin -- wrapped in the black, green and red flag of her Pakistan People's Party -- took over two hours to crawl the five kilometres (3.2 miles) from her family home in nearby Naudero to the final resting place.
As the casket passed through the crowds hanging off every street corner and building lining the route, many mourners surged towards the vehicle, wailing and beating their chests in a frenzied outpouring of grief.
In front of the mausoleum, where Bhutto's father and two brothers are also buried, thousands of people gathered on a dusty patch of open ground. Many of them waved Bhutto party flags.
Some people climbed onto the roofs of the mausoleum to get a better vantage point.
Bhutto's body had been flown down to the family stronghold from Islamabad on Friday morning accompanied by her husband Asif Zardari and their three children.
The coffin was then flown by helicopter to her family home in Naudero before being transferred to an ambulance for the final stage.
Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack that killed around 20 people as she left a party rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday. - AFP/ac
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