Retired police officer shot dead by suspected militants in Baramulla

A retired police officer was shot dead by suspected militants at a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla on Sunday, the police said.

Mohammed Shafi, a retired senior superintendent of police, was shot when he was offering prayers at a mosque in the district’s Gantmulla area, the police said. He succumbed to his injuries.

The area has been cordoned off, and further details are awaited.

The killing comes three days after an attack on the Army left four soldiers dead and two injured in the Poonch district. The People’s Anti-Fascist Front, an offshoot of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed responsibility for the attack.

A day after the attack, three civilians were found…