No evidence police helicopter was shot at, says PSNI

No evidence police helicopter was shot at, says PSNI

Superintendent Alywin Barton condemned the claim of responsibility (Niall Carson/PA)

Police have said there is no evidence to support a claim that dissident republicans fired shots at one of their helicopters.

On Friday, Belfast-based newspaper the Irish News reported a claim of responsibility from the Continuity IRA that it shot at a PSNI helicopter near Newtownbutler in Co Fermanagh last Thursday.

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