Three men arrested in connection with attempted murder of PSNI officer

Forensic officers from Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) at the sports complex in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, where off-duty PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot a number of times by masked men in front of young people he had been coaching. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Three men have been arrested in Co Tyrone in connection with the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has said.

Gunmen shot the senior police officer several times in front of his young son in a “callous attack” at a sports complex in Omagh on Wednesday evening.