Two teachers shot dead in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Two government school teachers, including a woman, were shot dead by militants in Eidgah area of the city here on Thursday, police said.

"At about 11:15 am, terrorists shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district," a police official said.

He said the area has been cordoned off and a hunt has been launched to nail the attackers.

The teachers were shot dead just two days after three civilians were killed in the valley.

A police official said unknown gunmen barged into the Sangam Higher Secondary School near Safa Kadal in the old city and fired at the teachers. The two were identified as Satinder Kaur and Deepak Chand, residents of Allocha Bagh in Srinagar.