Two people are dead and another is critically injured after terrorists opened fire in the heart of Srinagar, on Friday. The two dead are workers of the National Conference, one of the two main political parties of Jammu and Kashmir.

The terrorists fired from a close range in the Karfali Mohalla area of the city, said the police. The incident comes just two days ahead of polling for the first phase of elections for urban local bodies in Kashmir.

Police sources have told NDTV that an arm of the terror group Hizbul Mujahideen is suspected to be behind the attack.

Sources say, the political workers who have been targeted were close sitting NC lawmaker of Shameema, Jabbar Kadal.

This is a developing story, more updates are awaited