Police confirm New IRA ‘primary line of inquiry’ following shooting of detective

Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan gave an update on the attempted murder investigation following the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell on Wednesday

Chief Constable Simon Byrne (left) and Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) speak to the media outside PSNI headquarters in Belfast, following the shooting of off-duty Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell on Wednesday evening.  Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed dissident republican group the New IRA is now their primary line of inquiry following the shooting of an off-duty officer.

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains critically ill in hospital and heavily sedated after the attack at a sports centre in Omagh on Wednesday.