Ghulam Muhammad Lone

Year: 1994

Nationality: India

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Kangan, India

Press organization: Freelancer

What's Ghulam Muhammad Lone's story?

Lone, a newspaper salesman and freelance journalist who contributed to several publications, including the English-language Greater Kashmir, was killed by a group of masked gunmen who also fatally shot his seven-year-old son in their home in Kangan, Kashmir. Lone had reportedly received death threats from a security agent for his coverage of troop movements in Kashmir. Srinagar police attributed the killing to Kashmiri separatists.

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