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Pakistani police officers collect evidence at the scene where Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was shot dead by one of his guards in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4.
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Activists of the Pakistan People's Party load the body of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer into an ambulance in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Governor of Pakistan's Punjab was shot dead near his Islamabad home on Tuesday.
Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
Supporters of the Pakistan People's Party shout slogans outside the hospital where the body of the governor of Punjab province Salman Taseer was being examined after he was shot in Islamabad on Tuesday, Jan. 4.
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Daughter of Pakistani Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and a relative, left, mourn the death of Taseer as they wait in a hospital in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Saaf-ur-Rahman / Reuters
Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri smiles after being detained at the site of Taseer's shooting in Islamabad. Salman Taseer was killed by one of his guards because of his opposition to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law.
msnbc.com news services report: The governor of Pakistan's powerful Punjab province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his guards in the Pakistani capital, police said.
"Yes, he has died," a spokesman for Governor Salman Taseer added. His death comes as the Pakistan People's Party-led government is trying to muster support in a political crisis that erupted after a key coalition partner quit .
Police official Mohammad Iftikhar said Taseer was gunned down by one of his elite security force protectors. The suspected assailant was taken into custody, Iftikhar added.
Five other people were wounded as other security personnel responded to the attack.