Parachinar:Six teachers were shot dead in a firing incident at a school in Parachinar near the Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan on Thursday.

Unidentified gunmen barged into the staff room of the Government High School in Tiri Mangal area of Parachinar and opened indiscriminate firing on the teachers.

According to police sources, the slain teachers, who all belonged to Shia sect, were deputed to monitor matric examination.

The murdered teachers were identified as Mir Hussain, Jawad Hussain, Naveed Hussain, Jawad Ali, Muhammad Hussain and Ali Hussain.