The senior police officer shot in Omagh on Wednesday evening has been named as DCI John Caldwell, as police said the primary focus of the investigation was on dissident republicans.
Caldwell is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after the attack at a sports complex in Omagh. He was shot a number of times by masked men in front of young people he had been coaching.
Caldwell is a high-profile officer who has led a number of major cases, including taking a leading role in the investigation into the killing of Natalie McNally in Lurgan in December.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is treating the attack on Caldwell as suspected attempted murder. The assistant chief constable Mark McEwan told BBC Radio Ulster: “The investigation is at an early stage, we are keeping an open mind. There are multiple strands to that investigation. The primary focus is on violent dissident republicans and within that there is a primary focus as well on New IRA.”
Irish police are working closely with their counterparts in the PSNI and have intensified patrols amid suspicions that the gunmen may have fled across the border.
The shooting has been condemned by politicians in the UK and Ireland. Rishi Sunak said he was appalled by the “disgraceful” shooting of an off-duty police officer. The Irish premier, Leo Varadkar, condemned what he called a “grotesque act of attempted murder”.
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2023-02-23 08:45:00Z
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