Srinagar: 2 teachers shot dead by terrorists, 7 civilians killed in 6 days

Targeted killings continue unbated in Kashmir. Two teachers were shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar on Thursday. Both the teachers, a Pandit and a Sikh, were killed inside a government school in Eidgah area of Srinagar by unidentified gunmen.

An official said that unknown gunmen fired at two teachers including a woman, from a close range. They both reportedly died on the spot.

The Resistance Front has taken the responsibility for gunning down the two teachers and has warned of more targeted killings.

J&K DGP Dilbag Singh has said that these incidents of targeting civilians are to create an atmosphere of fear, communal disharmony here. He added that This is a conspiracy to defame local Kashmiri Muslims on instructions from agencies in Pakistan.

The killings come three days after three people were gunned down by terrorists in separate incidents. These included prominent chemist of the Capital Makhan Lal Bindroo.

Minutes after Bindroo was shot at point blank range, allegedly by terrorists of The Resistance Front (TRF) at his pharmacy near Iqbal Park, militants gunned down a ‘chaat’ vendor, Virendra Paswan from Bihar elsewhere in the city. Almost simultaneously, another civilian, Mohammad Shafi Lone, was killed at Naidkhai in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

A total to seven civilians have been killed by terrorists in six days.