OCCUPIED SRINAGAR- A journalist in occupied Kashmir died on January 31, 2003 after unidentified gunmen burst into his office and shot him, police said.

His death brought to at least seven the number of journalists who have been killed by gunmen in occupied Jammu and Kashmir since a uprising against Indian rule erupted in 1989.

The attackers shot Parvaz Mohammad Sultan, editor and owner of the local Urdu-language news agency NAFA or News and Feature Alliance in his office in the heart of occupied Srinagar.

“Sultan succumbed to his injuries in hospital,” a police official told sources, adding no group had claimed responsibility for the attack.

At least four journalists have been wounded by unidentified gunmen in the past 12 months, officials said.

Source: Business Recorder
Date:2/1/2003