{"id":141306,"date":"2018-06-14T19:41:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/kashmir-journalist-shujaat-bukhari-shot-dead-in-srinagar\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T19:41:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:41:21","slug":"kashmir-journalist-shujaat-bukhari-shot-dead-in-srinagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/kashmir-journalist-shujaat-bukhari-shot-dead-in-srinagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir journalist Shujaat Bukhari shot dead in Srinagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shujaat Bukhari\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/108BC\/production\/_102027776_bukhari.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Shujaat Bukhari\/Twitter                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A leading newspaper journalist and editor in Indian-administered Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p>Bukhari, a frequent contributor to the BBC News website, was attacked in his car near the office of the Rising Kashmir newspaper, which he edited.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to hospital but was later declared dead. <\/p>\n<p>One of his guards was also killed in the attack and another is critically injured, police told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>No group has claimed the killings but police say militants are suspected to have carried out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Bukhari described the threat to Kashmiri journalists in a 2016 article for BBC News.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Threats to life, intimidation, assault, arrest and censorship have been part of the life of a typical local journalist,&quot; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He was well-known in Kashmir and was previously a correspondent for the Indian newspaper The Hindu. He was in his early 50s and is survived by his wife, son, daughter and parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read articles by Shujaat Bukhari for BBC News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My Kashmir newspaper has been shut down, and I&#039;m not surprised<\/li>\n<li>Why Kashmir&#039;s special status is under threat in India<\/li>\n<li>Why a cricket match caused student unrest in Kashmir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>India&#039;s Interior Minister Rajnath Singh described him as a courageous and fearless journalist.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @rajnathsingh                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The killing of @RisingKashmir editor, Shujaat Bukhari is an act of cowardice. It is an attempt to silence the saner voices of Kashmir. He was a courageous and fearless journalist. Extremely shocked &amp; pained at his death. My thoughts and prayers are with his bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 14, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @rajnathsingh<\/p>\n<p>BBC colleagues in India paid tribute.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @BBCSanjoyM                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Devastated to hear about the killing of @bukharishujaat - a fabulous, brave journalist who was also such a decent man and a good friend. Cannot quite come to terms with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanjoy Majumder (@BBCSanjoyM) June 14, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @BBCSanjoyM<\/p>\n<p>                                           Skip Twitter post  by @yogital                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Utterly heartbreaking news from Kashmir. RIP Shujaatsaab. https:\/\/t.co\/WhHk7anOFl<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yogita Limaye (@yogital) June 14, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @yogital<\/p>\n<p>The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for decades. It is one of the most militarised zones in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The killing came hours after the UN&#039;s human rights office called for an independent inquiry into human rights violations in both parts of Kashmir, run respectively by India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kashmir territories profile<\/li>\n<li>Are journalists increasingly under attack?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Shujaat Bukhari\/Twitter A leading newspaper journalist and editor in Indian-administered Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar. 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