Policeman shot in Derry
An off-duty policeman was shot and wounded outside a school in the North today.
He was hit by a gunman who ambushed him at the Lumen Christi Grammar School in Bishop Street, Derry.
Police said they did not believe his injuries were life-threatening.
One report said he was dropping children off at the time. A car believed to have been used in the attack was later found burned out on the Creggan Estate.
It is understood that the injured officer is a Catholic.
With a growing number of Catholics joining the Police Service of Northern Ireland, senior officers have feared that dissident republicans opposed to the peace process would carry out an attack like this.
The shooting also followed claims by the International Monitoring Commission of a continuing threat by dissident republicans belonging to the Continuity IRA and Real IRA who have been involved in a series of incidents, some of them in Derry.
East Derry DUP MP Gregory Campbell said the shooting had all the hallmarks of an attack by dissidents.
He said: "This has to be totally condemned by everyone. If it was wrong to shoot a policeman 10 years ago, then it is wrong today. There needs to be absolute condemnation of this shooting as well as total support for the police throughout the entire community.
"Last night (in Derry) we had the welcome sight of a community rallying against the perpetrators of a vicious rape. Now we need to see the same sort of community action against those responsible for this attack."
