Female teacher shot dead by militants in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, MAY 31: A female school teacher was shot dead by militants in South Kashmir’s Gopalpora area of Kulgam district on Tuesday.

Identified as Rajni Bala of Jammu division’s Samba district, police said that she was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, but she succumbed to her injuries. The whole area has been cordoned off soon after the attack, police added.

The killing of female teacher from minority community has come 19 days after the killing of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit migrant employee of the Revenue Department, by militants in broad daylight inside Chadoora tehsil office in Budgam district.