Summary:
Jammu, Oct 8 (PTI) Several organisations on Friday staged protests here over the recent killing of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists and said such violence was the result of frustration among separatists as the region was seeing fast development and peace.
Thousands of people took part in a rally, held under the banner of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Forum (JKPF), to protest against the killings and demanded action against terrorists.
Raising anti-Pakistan slogans, protesters blocked traffic on the Tawi bridge and congregated under the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh, the last King of Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a number of killings of civilians in the last few days, with the latest on Thursday, when principal Supinder Kaur and teacher Deepak Chand were shot dead at point blank range inside a government school in Srinagar.
On Tuesday, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit, and a vendor, Virendra Paswan from Bihar, were killed by terrorists in Srinagar, and civilian, Mohammad Shafi Lone, in Bandipora.
Terrorists shot dead Majid Ahmad Gojri in Srinagar and Mohammad Shafi Dar at Batamaloo on Saturday.