Terrorists shot and killed a police officer outside his Srinagar home on Tuesday, authorities said, adding that his seven-year-old daughter was injured.
Saifullah Qadri of Srinagarโs Soura neighborhood has been confirmed as the cop.
According to reports, the girl is no longer in danger and has been transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police announced on Monday that they had detained five โhybridโ terrorists from the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), three of them were reportedly involved in the death of a sarpanch in Baramulla district last month.
โHybridโ terrorists are those who are not listed as terrorists but are radicalised enough to carry out a terror strike and then slip back into the routine life.
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