A policeman has been murdered in Northern Ireland just 48 hours after two soldiers were shot by the Real IRA in Antrim.
The shooting happened on Monday night at Lismore Manor, Craigavon, County Armagh, at about 2145 GMT, police said.
Police were responding to a call for help from a distressed woman. Two police vehicles went to the scene.
As officers got out, shots were fired, one man was hit in the head and died later. He was married with children.
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde called it a "sad day" for Northern Ireland's force and said the gunmen were "criminal psychopaths".
"It reminds us that a small group of people determined to wreck what is a huge political progress are becoming more dangerous," he said.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the murderers and insisted there would be "no return to the old days" in Northern Ireland.
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The shooting happened on Monday night at Lismore Manor, Craigavon, County Armagh, at about 2145 GMT, police said.
Police were responding to a call for help from a distressed woman. Two police vehicles went to the scene.
As officers got out, shots were fired, one man was hit in the head and died later. He was married with children.
Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde called it a "sad day" for Northern Ireland's force and said the gunmen were "criminal psychopaths".
"It reminds us that a small group of people determined to wreck what is a huge political progress are becoming more dangerous," he said.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the murderers and insisted there would be "no return to the old days" in Northern Ireland.
Lir totalu artiklu on BBC
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