Srinagar: Many hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of senior journalist and Editor-in-Chief of "Rising Kashmir" Shujaat Bukhari in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a day after gunmen shot him dead. His ancestral hometown Kheeri, where he was buried, observed a spontaneous strike during the funeral, with all shops remaining shut.

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Public Works Minister Naeem Akhtar, senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz, journalists and people from all sections of the society attened the funeral, residents said.