Shots fired at school in Srinagar's old city, 2 teachers presumed dead

This was the fifth civilian killing in Kashmir in the past three days, four of them alone in Srinagar.

Unidentified men entered a school in Srinagar's historical old town Eidgah on Thursday morning and gunned down its principal and another teacher.

Indian security personnel stand guard near the site where a man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Karanagar area of downtown Srinagar on October 2,  (AFP)

The victims have been identified as the principal of Boys Higher Secondary School, Satinder Kour, teacher Deepak. Both of them reportedly died on the spot.

Preliminary reports show the victims were shot from point blank range inside the school.

J&K Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemned the killing. “Terrible news of killing of two teachers in Srinagar coming to fore. When will this dance of death come to an end. Will the administration stop trumpeting the hollow slogans of 'normalcy' now. Deepest condolences with the families,” the party said in a statement.

This was the fifth such incident of civilian killing in Kashmir in the past three days, four of which happened in Srinagar itself.

On Tuesday, terrorists belonging to an outfit affiliated to Lashkar-e-Taiba killed three people, including a prominent pharmacist, in three separate incidents.

The deceased included Makhan Lal Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit and the owner of one of the most popular medical stores in Srinagar, Bindroo Medicate. He was shot dead at his shop in Srinagar's Iqbal Park area.

The terrorists then killed a street vendor from Bihar, identified as Virender Paswan, near Madina Chowk in Lalbazar and a taxi driver, Mohd Shafi Lone, in a separate incident at Naidkhai in Bandipora district.

The Indian Army launched a massive search operation in Uri last month, after it detected suspicious movement along the Line of Control on the intervening night of September 18 and 19. Three terrorists were killed during their infiltration bid.