Thousands attend Shujaat Bukhari's funeral in Kashmir village
The skies opened up today as thousands of admirers joined the funeral procession of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was laid to rest in his ancestral village in Kreeri, a day after he was shot dead outside his office in Srinagar. Braving heavy rain, crowds of tearful mourners followed the cortege through the streets of the sleepy hamlet in Baramulla district.
Omar Abdullah, PDP and BJP ministers attended the funeral procession
Opposition leader Omar Abdullah, ministers from PDP and BJP took part in the last rites of Bukhari. The editor of 'Rising Kashmir' and his two personal security officers were shot dead by terrorists outside the newspaper's office in Sringar. Bukhari was instrumental in organizing several conferences for peace in the Kashmir Valley. He was also part of the Track II process with Pakistan.
