New Delhi: Two teachers were killed in a terrorist attack at a government school in the Eidgah area of Srinagar on Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Police informed.
"At about 11:15 am, terrorists shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district," a police official said, as quoted by news agency PTI.
He informed that the area has been cordoned off and a hunt has been launched to nab the attackers.
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Furthermore, IANS cited local reports as stating that among the slain teachers, is the principal of the school, Supinder Kaur, and a Kashmiri Pandit teacher, Deepak Chand.
"These recent incidents of targeting civilians are to create an atmosphere of fear, communal disharmony here. This is a conspiracy to target the local ethos and values and defame local Kashmiri muslims. This is being done on instructions from agencies in Pakistan": J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
More details about the attack are awaited. This incident comes after a street hawker was on Wednesday shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar.
The attack on street hawker took place near Madina Chowk, Lalbazar in Srinagar where terrorists fired upon the victim identified as Virender Paswan. He was from Bihar's Bhagalpur district and worked as a street vendor. He was residing at Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, ANI reported.
Police had stated that a search operation was underway to nab the terrorists.
In another attack, a businessman was killed by terrorists in Srinagar on Tuesday evening. The incident took place near Iqbal Park in Srinagar where terrorists fired upon the owner of Bindroo Medicate namely, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit. He was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.