A police officer was seriously injured by gunshot Wednesday evening February 22 in Northern Ireland, an attack unanimously denounced by local politicians.
According to the local police, who opened an investigation for attempted murder, the policeman, who was not on duty, was transported to hospital and was Wednesday evening in a "critical but stable"
condition
.
He was shot several times while at a sports complex on Wednesday evening in the town of Omagh, in the center of the British province, according to the police, who have launched an appeal for witnesses.
According to the local press, two suspects are wanted in connection with this attack which occurred during football training.
Official reactions
In April 2021, a bomb was planted under a policewoman's car outside her home, an act claimed by the New IRA, a republican group dissident from the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "
horrified by the disgraceful shooting of an off-duty police officer in Omagh tonight
".
“
There is no place in our society for those who seek to harm public servants who protect the population
,” he added in a tweet.
The leader of the Republican party Sinn Fein (majority), Michelle O'Neill, denounced an attack "
scandalous and shameful
".
The leader of the unionist party DUP Jeffrey Donaldson, attached to maintaining the province in the bosom of London, meanwhile condemned the “
cowards
” behind this attack.
“
These terrorists have nothing to offer and they must be brought to justice
,” he added.
