NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A senior Indian journalist and an outspoken activist was shot dead outside her residence in southwestern state of Karnataka, police said Wednesday.
Gauri Lankesh, 55, was fired upon Tuesday evening outside her residence in Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka.
"Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar here last evening," a senior police official told Xinhua. "Her body was found on the porch of her house."
According to police, when she disembarked from her vehicle, unidentified assailants shot her from close range.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar told media that Lankesh has three bullets wounds, two in chest and one in the forehead.
"Preliminary investigations revealed the assailants fired seven bullets, three hit her body, while as four others missed the intended target and hit the wall," the official said.
Though she was immediately rushed to nearest medical facility, but doctors declared her brought dead. Reports said Lankesh died on spot and was lying in a pool of blood.
Authorities have sent her body for post-mortem. The motive behind Lankesh's killing was not clear.
