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Tue 03 Mar 2009PSNI officer shot dead in Craigavon ambush by dissidents
DISSIDENT REPUBLICANS were the chief suspects for the murder of a policeman in Craigavon Co Armagh last night. The fatal shooting of the PSNI officer happened after 9pm in the Lismore Manor area of the town, just some 48 hours after the Real IRA murdered two unarmed British soldiers in Antrim town on Saturday night.
No group has so far admitted responsibility for the murder although police are working on the theory that it was carried out by dissident republicans. The shooting happened after a PSNI unit responded to a call-out to the nationalist LismoreManor area. They were investigating a report of malicious damage.
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