Shujaat Bukhari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Kashmiri journalist
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Place of Birth: Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India
About Shujaat Bukhari
- Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018) was a Kashmiri journalist and the founding editor of Rising Kashmir, a Srinagar-based newspaper. Bukhari was also the President of Adbee Markaz Kamraz, a cultural and literary organisation in Kashmir.
- He was instrumental in organising several Kashmir peace conferences and was part of the Track II diplomacy between India and Pakistan.
- Between 1997 and 2012 he was a correspondent for The Hindu in Srinagar.He was shot dead outside his office in the Press Enclave area of Srinagar on 14 June 2018.
- He had survived three assassination attempts on previous occasions.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police identified and released the photos of suspects and blamed the Lashkar-e-Taiba for his killing.
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