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Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday took stock of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of a series of targeted killings [https://www.rediff.com/news/report/kashmiri-pandit-teacher-shot-dead-by-terrorists-in-jk/20220531.htm] in the Valley, officials said. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha were among those who attended the meeting. The home minister reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a ministry official said. Security arrangements for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra also figured in the meetings, the official said. The meeting came after terrorists carried out a series of targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley that include non-Muslims, security personnel, an artist and local civilians. Two persons -- a bank employee [https://www.rediff.com/news/report/terrorists-kill-rajasthani-employee-inside-bank-premises-in-kulgam-j-k/20220602.htm] and a brick kiln labourer [https://www.rediff.com/news/report/terrorists-kill-migrant-worker-injure-another-in-kashmir/20220602.htm] -- were killed in Kashmir on Thursday while another labourer was injured in two separate incidents. The bank manager was the ninth and the labourer was the 10th targeted killing in Kashmir since May 1. A woman teacher hailing from the Samba district of the Jammu region was shot dead [https://www.rediff.com/news/report/emotions-run-high-at-cremation-of-hindu-teacher-shot-dead-in-j-k/20220601.htm] by terrorists at a school in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday. On May 18, terrorists had entered a wine shop at Baramulla in North Kashmir and threw a grenade, killing one person from the Jammu region and injuring three other ...