United Jihad Council chief and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Syed Salahuddin Friday demanded an international probe into the killing of senior journalist and Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari .

In a statement, Salahuddin condemned the killing, and said that Bukhari would always highlight the human rights abuses in Kashmir at the international forum through his newspapers.

“The killing of Shujaat Bukhari at a time when the UN human rights Commission released a report on the human rights abuses by Indian forces in Kashmir raises many questions,” Salahuddin said, in the statement.

Demanding an impartial probe by an international agency, Salahuddin said that they have a firm belief that Indian agencies and their agents were behind the murder of Bukhari.

Bukhari and his two personal security officers (PSOs) were shot dead by unknown gunmen outside his office in Srinagar on Thursday evening, sparking widespread condemnations.