Behind the Omagh shooting
A typed statement appeared on 26 February on a wall in Derry, claiming the 22 February attempted murder of police officer John Caldwell in Omagh on behalf of the “New IRA”. Caldwell, who has led high-profile investigations into republican groups, was shot several times in front of his son and other children while teaching an under-15s football class at a leisure centre. Six arrests have now been made in County Tyrone. The “New IRA” was formed in 2012 from a merger of the Real IRA (a 1997 split from the Provisionals), Republican Action Against Drugs, and smaller groups in east Tyrone and...