Musharraf Charged in Bhutto Killing

　　Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been formally indicted² on murder charges in connection with the assassination³ of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

 

　　Bhotto was killed in a suicide attack in December 2007 following an election rally.

 

　　Musharraf, who was president at the time Bhutto was murdered, is rejecting the charges against him, calling them politically-motivated.

 

　　Four witnesses, including an American journalist, have given sworn statements against Musharraf in connection with the charges.

 

　　Musharraf's lawyer, Afsha Adil, says the statements shouldn't be considered evidence.

 

　　"The important thing is this: you will have to prove the allegations, with evidence, and still there is no evidence on record, so we can say the future of President Musharraf is quite clean and neat. These are all fabricated cases. There is nothing solid in all these cases, even Benazir murder case."

 

　　The court decision to indict¹ Musharraf marks the first time a former army chief in Pakistan has been charged with a crime.

 

　　Musharraf was has been in-and-out of jail since returning to Pakistan earlier this year in an effort to try to contest the recent parliamentary elections.

 

　　He's currently under house arrest, and is due back in court next week.

1 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

2 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

3 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。