Two arrested in investigation into attempted murder of senior police officer
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was seriously injured after being shot several times at a leisure centre in Omagh in February 2023.
The attack happened while he was off duty and with his young son, packing up after coaching a youth football team.
On Monday the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said two men had been arrested.
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They said a 45-year-old was arrested in the Stewartstown area, and a 25-year-old man was arrested in west Belfast earlier on Monday.
They were detained under the Terrorism Act. PSNI DCI John Caldwell wins the Special Recognition Award presented by Terry Robb, Head of Personal Banking at Ulster Bank (right) at the Sunday Life Spirit of Northern Ireland awards, at the Culloden Resort and Spa in Cultra, Holywood, near Belfast (Image: Kevin Scott/Sunday Life/PA Wire)
"They have been taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning," the PSNI said.
"A property in west Belfast was searched and a vehicle seized."
Several people have already been arrested and charged in relation to the shooting, which police linked to dissident republicans.
Mr Caldwell retired from the PSNI last December on medical grounds.
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