Police in Northern Ireland are reviewing what seems to be a claim of responsibility by the New Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the attempted murder of off-duty inspector John Caldwell.
Caldwell, detective chief inspector (DCI) at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), was gunned down in front of his teenage son at a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone, on Feb. 22.
In an update on Monday, PSNI Detective Chief Superintendent Eamonn Corrigan said Caldwell’s condition remains critical but stable.
New IRA
Police have previously said their main line of enquiry is that the attack was carried out by “violent dissident republicans,” with a “primary focus … on the New IRA.”…