Indian journalist shot dead in Bangalore

    An Indian journalist has been shot dead in Bangalore.

    Gauri Lankesh, 55, was found lying in a pool of blood on the doorstep of her home.

    Reports say she was shot in the head and chest by gunmen who arrived by motorcycle.

    The prominent journalist was known as a critic of Hindu nationalist politics and is the most high-profile journalist to be murdered in recent years.

    Although no motive has yet been established, activists in the country say journalists are more regularly being targeted by radical Hindu nationalists.

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