A police officer in India underwent more than seven hours of surgery after his hand was hacked off during an attack Sunday while he was trying to enforce the country's coronavirus lockdown.
The Government of the State of Punjab said on Twitter the "horrendous attack" happened at a vegetable market in Patiala, located about 170 miles north of New Delhi.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Harjeet Singh was taking part in a COVID-19 enforcement operation when he tried to stop a group of five men at the market and was attacked with a sword that severed his wrist.
The officer was then rushed to a hospital in Chandigarh for an operation that lasted seven and a half hours.
Punjab's chief minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh, tweeted that the surgery was a success and the hand was reattached.
"I thank the entire team of doctors and support staff for their painstaking effort," he tweeted. "Wishing ASI Harjeet Singh a speedy recovery."
The attack was captured on video and obtained by India Today.
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