IRA dissidents suspected of shooting N Ireland detective
By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — A senior Northern Ireland police officer is in critical but stable condition in a hospital after two masked men shot him after he coached a children’s soccer team. Police say a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group is suspected of shooting the detective at a sports complex in the town of Omagh on Wednesday night. The Police Service of Northern Ireland named the wounded officer as Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell. The force said two gunmen attacked Caldwell as he put soccer balls into the trunk of his car, accompanied by his young son. Three men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder.
