BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:16:00
Threat against police officers. that is something that dates back to the conflict here known as the troubles, but today it is much more rare for police officers to come to harm. the last time a police officer was shot was in 2017. a murder attempt by dissident republican paramilitaries, and in 2011, a police officer was murdered in a bomb under his car. so, tonight, this incident will come as a real shock. we don't know any of the details yet behind the attack, but all police are saying is a serving police officer has been shot and remains in hospital. in the last few minutes prime minister ri...