Two teachers shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar city

Two teachers were shot and killed by terrorists on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city.

Police sources said terrorists fired from close range at two teachers in a government higher secondary school in the Eidgah area of Srinagar.

"Both the teachers died on the spot. The area is being searched after it was cordoned off," sources said.


Reports said among the slain teachers, is the principal of the school, Supinder Kaur and a Kashmiri Pandit teacher, Deepak Chand.

Thursday's killings come two days after the terrorists shot a local Pandit, M.L. Bindroo, a non-local vendor and a taxi driver in Kashmir.