An attempted murder investigation has been launched in Northern Ireland after the shooting of an off-duty police officer.
A senior police officer was shot a number of times at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone, just before 8pm yesterday.
Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said: ‘My immediate thoughts are with the officer and his family. I unreservedly condemn this reprehensible attempt to murder a police officer.’DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson lamented ‘terrible news from Omagh’, saying: ‘Our heart goes out to the family of this courageous police officer and to his colleagues.
‘My thoughts are with him, his family and his colleagues. We will relentlessly pursue those responsible. They have nothing to offer the community.’Irish premier Leo Varadkar condemned the ‘grotesque attempted murder’ and called on anyone with information to pass it on to the PSNI. ‘I utterly condemn this grotesque act of attempted murder. I call on anyone with information about it to share it with the PSNI.’Irish police said they have ‘intensified patrolling’ in border counties.
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