 Subsequently, he was shot by an assassin, Jafar (a foreman in the oil fields), and died several days later.The Bibi Eybat District Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, declared a general two-day strike and unsuccessfully demanded that the Baku Oil & Gas Producers Association cease protecting Khanlar's murderer, and also the manager, Abuzarbek, who allegedly assisted in the assassination.20,000 workers demonstrated at Khanlar's funeral.