Police said the incident happened around 11:15 am. (file)
Srinagar:
Three people were killed in Tuesday’s attacks, less than 48 hours after terrorists killed a government school principal and a teacher in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar today. Seven people have been killed in terrorist attacks in Kashmir in the last five days. The Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief said that the terrorist organization “The Resistance Front” (TRF) is behind today’s attack.
The teacher, Deepak Chand, was a Hindu from Jammu and the principal, Sunder Kaur, was a Sikh. He worked at the Higher Secondary School in Sangam on the outskirts of Srinagar. There were no students in the school as classes are still online.
“Around 11:15 am, terrorists shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Idgah in Srinagar district,” a police officer said. He said the area has been cordoned off and a search has been launched for the attackers.
J&K Police Chief Dilbagh said, “TRF is run from Karachi. We will soon expose this cross-border nexus. The victims were not affiliated to any group. It is malicious propaganda of TRF that Bindu is working with RSS. Was doing.” Singh told NDTV.
“We are concerned about every civilian life.”
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the fresh killings. “Shocking news is coming again from Srinagar. Another set of targeted killings, this time of two teachers in a government school in Idgah area of the city. Words of condemnation are not enough for this inhuman act of terror, but I Praying for their souls that the deceased rest in peace,” he tweeted.
Shocking news is coming once again from Srinagar. Another set of targeted killings, this time killing two teachers at a government school in the city’s Idgah area. Words of condemnation are not enough for this inhuman act of terror, but I pray for the peace of the soul of the dead.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 7, 2021
Makhan Lal Bindu, 70, a prominent businessman and owner of a pharmacy in Srinagar’s Iqbal Park, was shot at from point-blank range inside his store on Tuesday, police said. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival.
Police and security forces reached the spot but the attackers had already fled.
A Kashmiri Pandit, Mr. Bindru remained in Kashmir and ran his own pharmacy even at the height of terrorism in the 1990s.
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