PSNI officer shot dead in Craigavon

A PSNI officer has ben shot dead in the Craigavon area of Northern Ireland tonight.

A PSNI officer has ben shot dead in the Craigavon area of Northern Ireland tonight.

The shooting took place at around 10pm in the mostly Catholic Lismore area of the town.

The shooting comes just 48 hours after two British soildres were shot dead outside the Massereene Barracks in  Antrim town.

The SDLP's Dolores Kelly, a member of the Northern Ireland's policing board,  said the North was "staring into the abyss" and  she appealed to people to pull back. "I certainly would want to offer my sympathies and condolences to the family of the officer who has been murdered tonight and to the wider police family," she said.