Gunmen on Thursday shot dead a veteran journalist outside his office in Indian-held Kashmir, police said.
Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of Rising Kashmir, was attached as he was leaving his office in Press Enclave area of Srinagar, reported NDTV.
Police said Bukhari received multiple bullets in the head and abdomen.
2 weeks ago the Editor of Rising Kashmir, @bukharishujaathe was at a media summit in Lisbon. Now he is dead. @WorldEditors Forum President @dcallaway condemns his murder today and urges the government of India to bring his killers to book. https://t.co/bxHUBronFN #journalism
— World Editors Forum (@WorldEditors) June 14, 2018
CPJ strongly condemns the killing of #ShujaatBukhari, editor of the English-language daily newspaper @RisingKashmir in #Srinagar, #Kashmir, Thursday. This is "a profound loss to the journalism community and a blatant attack on #pressfreedom." @RobertMMahoney pic.twitter.com/fRYu4d77XA
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) June 14, 2018
