A police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to police, the attack occurred inside a mosque in the village of Muhammad Akbar, within the jurisdiction of Gul Imam police station, where Head Constable Shah Nawaz was fatally shot.
Authorities said that the officer had been at home on leave at the time of the attack. Rescue teams transferred the body to the District Headquarters Hospital.
A large police contingent reached the scene and launched a search operation in the area.
