Srinagar, June 2 -- Unidentified gunmen fired at the vehicle of a journalist in J&K's Budgam district on Sunday evening, but he escaped unhurt, officials said.

Officials said that the gunmen fired at the vehicle of local journalist, Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, in Jawalapora village in Budgam.

"Two bullets hit the journalist's bulletproof vehicle, but he escaped unhurt. The area has been cordoned off to trace the gunmen. Police have taken cognisance of the incident," an official said.

Journalists have been targeted by terrorists in the past as well.

The most recent case was of Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of a local daily, who was killed along with his two security guards by terrorists in the Residency Road area of Srinagar city on June 14, 2018....