Srinagar: In a ghastly incident, two government school teachers were shot dead by militants in Eidgah area here on Thursday.
The incident of killing civilians are on rise in in Jammu and Kashmir as seven people had been killed in last five days including four from minorities.
As per the police, terrorists opened fire on school teachers at around 11:15am and among the deceased one was a female teacher.
Deceased were identified as Supinder, 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.
On Saturday, terrorists killed Majid Ahmad Gojri, a Chattabal Srinagar resident. Another civilian Mohammad Shafi Dar, resident of Batamaloo, was shot dead at SD Colony, Batamaloo same day.