Shujaat Bukhari was the editor of the newspaper 'Rising Kashmir' and was given police protection since an attack on him in 2000. Shujaat Bukhari was shot by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar

Srinagar: Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of Rising Kashmir, died after being attacked outside his office at the Press Colony in Srinagar. He was reportedly hit by multiple bullets. The journalist and his two security guards had been taken to the hospital.

This is the first attack on a journalist in a long time in Kashmir.

Shujaat Bukhari was shot while coming out of his office in the heart of Srinagar.

"He is a dear friend and worked with us for more than two decades. He has been critically injured," said NDTV's Nazir Masoodi.

Shujaat Bukhari was given police protection since an attack on him in 2000.