A senior police officer was shot by masked men in front of young people he had been coaching at a sports centre in Co Tyrone. The man, who is senior ranking, was shot at the facility in Omagh around 8pm on Wednesday.
He was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry where Northern Ireland’s chief constable Simon Byrne said he was in a critical but stable condition. Irish police have intensified patrols amid suspicions the gunmen may have fled across the border.
In a statement, the PSNI said the officer was injured just before 8pm on Wednesday evening. "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," they said.
