The spate of targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley has sent alarm bells ringing. Security forces have pinned the attacks on hybrid terrorists — operatives who are not on any terror lists but are radicalised enough to carry out a strike and then slip back into routine life.
An alleged hybrid terrorist took out a pistol and killed Vijay Kumar, a manager at Ellaqui Dehati Bank (EDB) in Areh Mohanpora village of Kulgam. Less than 12 hours later, two labourers were attacked in Budgam, and one of them succumbed to his injuries.