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Off-duty police officer shot by masked men in Northern Ireland is named

Off-duty police officer shot by masked men in Northern Ireland is named

An off-duty police officer shot by masked men in Omagh has been named as Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell.

The senior officer was shot multiple times in front of young people he had been coaching at a sports centre just before 8pm in Co Tyrone.

Irish media are reporting police are searching for two suspects who were dressed in black.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have launched an attempted murder investigation.

The force says the dissident republican group, the New IRA, are the primary focus of their investigation.