Article from: The Daily Telegraph
By Kate Sikora

February 05, 2008 10:35am

AUSSIE girl Lila Salter, 17, who was shot by a stalker in India has died, with her family and friends around her.

Lila Salter was shot three times by Saurav Singh, the nephew of a former minister in Vrindavan, near Agra, in India's Uttar Pradesh state, on Saturday.

Singh then fatally shot himself.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Lila, who had been on life support in the holy town of Vrindavan, died overnight.

Matt Wade Herald Correspondent in New Delhi and Paul Bibby |
February 4, 2008

THE Indian gunman had been stalking Lila for years. Several days ago, her mother says, he sexually assaulted the 17-year-old Australian at gunpoint in the family home in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Vrindavan in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

He returned in the early hours of Saturday and threatened family members with his pistol. Then he confronted Anandalila "Lila" Salter and shot her three times before shooting himself dead.

Article from: AAP
February 06, 2008 08:30am

AN Australian teenager who died after being shot by a stalker in India had planned to leave the country to escape the man, a friend has revealed.

Lila Salter was shot three times at her home at Vrindavan, near Agra, on Saturday by Saurav Singh, the nephew of a former state minister. Singh then killed himself.

Lila died on Monday night after being returned from hospital in New Delhi to the holy town of Vrindavan, where she was placed on life support.

She will be cremated there in a traditional riverside ceremony.