Bukhari's killing highlights difficult situation scribes work in J&K: Left parties

Condemning the killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari, the Left parties today said the incident highlights the difficult situation journalists work in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bukhari and his PSO were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside the newspaper's office in the heart of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital yesterday.

While the CPI(M), in a statement, termed the senior journalist's killing "targeted and planned murder", CPI said "brutal killing has no place in a civilized democracy".

"The politburo of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the cowardly killing of Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist and editor in-chief of Rising Kashmir. This was a targeted and planned murder. His killing also highlights the difficult circumstances in which independent journalists work in J&K," the statement said.

Condemning the attack, CPI said that it is "of the firm opinion that all vexed issues can be solved within the framework of the constitution and through dialogue. In civilized democracy, communalism, narrow nationalism and brutal killing using bullets have no place."