A woman with a history of mental illness purposely walked her young niece and nephew into highway traffic to commit a double-murder suicide, US prosecutors say.

Marcelle Thibault, 39, was driving south on the Interstate 495 highway in Lowell, Massachusetts, last week when she turned the car sharply, drove across the median and northbound lanes, then began driving against traffic in the breakdown lane, authorities said.

She then stopped and got out of the car, took both children into her arms and walked onto the highway. She and the children were struck by two cars and killed.

Source: theage.com.au

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination was her own fault, the country's president, Pervez Musharraf, said in an interview that aired Sunday on U.S. television.

"For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone -- nobody else. Responsibility is hers," the former general told CBS' "60 Minutes."

Source: cnn.com