Shocking and awful; Two school teachers shot dead by terrorists in J&K

Srinagar, October 7: In a tragic incident targeting civilians, two government school teachers were shot dead by militants in Eidgah area in Jammu and Kashmir. Off lately, there have been increasing cases of attacks on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir. The killing of the teachers drew widespread condemnation as at least 7 civilians have been killed in last five days in the Kashmir valley.

 

The J&K police informed that the incident took place at around 11.15 am when the terrorists shot the two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district. He said one of the two slain persons is a woman. The deceased have been identified as Supinder Kour, a resident of Alochi Bagh area of the city here, and Deepak Chand, a resident of Jammu. They were working as teachers at Government Boys School, Sangam.

 

The latest killing has taken the number of civilians shot dead in the valley to seven, including six in the city, over the past five days. On Saturday, militants shot dead Majid Ahmad Gojri, a resident of Chattabal Srinagar, at Karan Nagar. Later that night, another civilian Mohammad Shafi Dar, resident of Batamaloo, was shot at and injured at SD Colony Batamaloo. He succumbed to injuries a few hours later.

 

On Tuesday, three civilians including Makhan Lal Bindroo, owner of Srinagar's most famous pharmacy, were shot dead by militants within two hours in separate incidents in Srinagar and Bandipora districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Bindroo, owner of Bindroo Medicate, was shot dead by the assailants from point blank range while he was at his pharmacy.

 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur also condemned the killings, saying the killing of unarmed teachers, who have nothing to do with politics, is nothing “but purely an inhuman act and frustration”. “Those who killed the two teachers have no religion. These teachers were teaching students, what was their fault,” Thakur said. He said the cowardly act deserves the highest form of condemnation. “Killing of unarmed civilians can never be justified as no religion allows to kill innocents,” the BJP spokesman said, as he expressed sympathies with the families of the slain teachers. He urged police to arrest the group who are killing innocent civilians, including teachers, in Srinagar.