A 25-year-old man was arrested in relation to the claim of responsibility made after the attempted murder of off-duty detective John Caldwell, as well as a security hoax last month, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Saturday.
Caldwell, detective chief inspector (DCI) at the PSNI, was gunned down in front of his teenage son at a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone, on Feb. 22.
His condition remains critical but stable, a PSNI spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Saturday.
Detectives have previously said their main line of enquiry was that the attack was carried out by “violent dissident republicans,” with a “primary focus … on the New IRA.”…