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Martin McCullough & Anita McSorley

Omagh shooting: Off-duty police officer seriously injured in horror gun attack

An off-duty PSNI officer has been shot in Omagh, Co Tyrone.

It's understood they were shot and seriously wounded at a sports complex on Wednesday night.

Sources say the officer was hit multiple times. According to reports, the incident took place at Youth Sport Omagh on the town's Killyclogher Road.

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Emergency services are at the scene.

A PSNI statement said: “One man, a serving police officer, has been taken to hospital for treatment after being injured in a shooting incident at a sports complex just before 8pm this evening. More details will be issued when available.”

A spokesperson for NIAS said: "The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call at 20:02 following reports of an incident in the Slievard area of Killyclogher.

"NIAS despatched a Rapid Response Paramedic, an Emergency Crew and an ambulance officer to the incident.

"Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken by ambulance to Altnagelvin Area Hospital."

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