Detectives in Belfast are questioning a 36 year old man after a police officer was shot in the city.
Detectives in Belfast are questioning a 36 year old man after a police officer was shot in the city.
He was struck twice in the arm outside a petrol station, and is now in a stable condition in hospital.
Officers are treating it as attempted murder, and say their main line of enquiry is dissident republicans.
Politicians here have condemned the attack – Taoiseach Enda Kenny says it was an 'outrageous and cowardly act' , Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says it was 'despicable' while Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin says its 'deeply shocking'.