 Stories about her death usually state either that she was killed by a lover who rejected a marriage proposal, or assassinated by Kurdish leaders because she asked for a leadership role, or because feared her rising popularity.While asleep with her family in the village of Kala-Komereyh in Dohuk province, Shello was shot through a window by an unknown attacker.After her assassination, many Kurds bestowed the revered title of Dayika Kurdistan/Peshmerga (Dayika means Mother) upon her as well as legendary tales of combat with her talisman as a symbol of the Kurdish resistance.