Kashmiri Hindus, Sikhs reel from spate of deadly attacks
Al Jazeera
Some members of Hindu community leave the region while Sikhs terrified after a wave of attacks killed seven civilians.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A string of targeted killings of civilians this week in the Indian-administered Kashmir has caused a sense of fear among the minority communities, with many Hindus starting to leave the region.
A Sikh principal and her Hindu colleague were shot dead inside their school on the outskirts of Srinagar, the region’s main city, on Thursday in the third attack within a week. The attackers first checked the identity cards of the teachers and then isolated 46-year-old Sikh woman Supinder Kaur and a local Hindu teacher Deepak Chand before shooting them dead on the school premises, officials said.
A total of seven people have been killed in the recent spate of killings, blamed on the rebels fighting Indian rule.