Northern Ireland police release CCTV footage of gunmen’s car

• The New IRA has acknowledged that it shot Det Ch Insp John Caldwell in Omagh.
• And a £20,000 reward has been offered for information.
• Later, it was discovered burnt out on Racolpa Road, just outside of Omagh.

Authorities in Northern Ireland have made CCTV footage of the automobile the shooters in Northern Ireland used available.

The New IRA, a dissident republican organisation, has acknowledged that it shot Det Ch Insp John Caldwell in Omagh on Wednesday.

Two weeks before the incident, a blue Ford Fiesta was purchased and stored in Belfast, where its license plates were updated.

According to the police, a £20,000 reward had been given for information. Det Ch Insp Caldwell’s status is still serious but stable.

The youngest is 22 years old and the oldest is 71 years old; six persons are still being held by the police for questioning.

The 48-year-old was shot multiple times by two assailants last Wednesday at 00:00 GMT in a popular sports complex parking lot in front of his kid.

After coaching a practice for a team of under-15 players, the cop was packing footballs into his car while off duty.

Det Ch Supt Eamonn Corrigan provided an update on Monday and verified at least 10 bullets were fired.

He continued, “The attack demonstrated the callous disrespect the gunman had for the children and adults there.”

The vehicle, with the registration MGZ 6242, was bought in Ballyclare on February 8 and was spotted on the M2 that evening heading towards Belfast.

It was then detected leaving Belfast at around 21:30 on Tuesday, February 21, the night before the attack, while wearing bogus plates, and travelling along the M1 in the direction of Coalisland and Omagh.

Later, it was discovered burnt out on Racolpa Road, just outside of Omagh.

In a typed message that was affixed to a wall next to stores in the Creggan estate on Sunday night, the New IRA claimed accountability.

On Monday morning, a forensic team arrived at the scene and took it away for additional investigation.

Dissident republicans are still using violence to try to reunite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland; they oppose the 1998 Good Friday Agreement peace settlement.

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