“Shujaat Silenced”: Rising Kashmir reports the killing of its editor 

Srinagar-based newspaper Rising Kashmir produced a full edition on June 15, a day after it’s editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari was killed just after leaving his office in Press Colony, Srinagar.

‘Shujaat Silenced’ read the lead article on RisingKashmir.com, as it reported the killing of its own editor-in-chief. The report read: “Veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir editor-in-chief Syed Shujaat Bukhari and his two personal security officers (PSOs) were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside the newspaper's office in Srinagar on Thursday. As soon as Bukhari stepped out of his office and boarded his vehicle at Press Enclave at around 7 pm to head home, unknown gunmen fired indiscriminately on the vehicle. Shujaat and two of his PSOs Hamid Chaudhary and Mumtaz Awan sustained multiple injuries in the firing. Shujaat and Chaudhary died on spot while Mumtaz was shifted to SMHS hospital in critical condition. Mumtaz succumbed to injuries in the hospital in the evening. Both the PSOs hail from Karnah area of border district of Kupwara.”

State police chief SP Vaid said that it was around 7.15 pm, the time of Iftar during the month of Ramzan currently underway, that Bukhari came out of his office in Press Enclave and was boarding his car when he was attacked by militants. "Three motorcycle-borne militants came and fired at Bukhari and his guards. Bukhari and one guard were killed and another security guard critically injured," he said.

Bukhari started his career as a young reporter with Kashmir Times and moved to The Hindu in the 1990s. Later, he established his own English daily Rising Kashmir. On what must have been the toughest of days, the newspaper throughly reported the death of its editor-in-chief and other news.

Following is the full coverage of the killing of Shujaat Bukhari in the pages of his newspaper Rising Kashmir:

In Rising Kashmir, June 15 2018

Shujaat Silenced

Kashmir, India, Pak twitterati condemn

Mehbooba breaks down

Pak strongly condemns

Bukhari's killing 'new low' for JK media persons: Editors Guild

Azad, Mir condemn killing

Hours before killing, Bukhari was defending HR on social media

Separatists condemn RK editor’s killing

JKEF, KEG condemns killing

Media bodies strongly condemn Shujaat’s killing