Northern Ireland: £150k reward offered over shooting of police officer - as CCTV of car released

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Police investigating the attempted murder of an officer in Northern Ireland have released CCTV footage of a car used in the shooting - as a charity offered a £150,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction

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The attack took place in front of his young son and other children who had attended the coaching session.Days after the shooting, police released footage of a blue Ford Fiesta with the registration number MGZ 6242 which was then fitted with false plates, FRZ 8414, prior to the attack. DCS Corrigan added he would like to know where the vehicle was stored and its movements between the afternoon of the 22nd and when it was found destroyed the following day.Meanwhile, police released new CCTV footage of the first blue Ford Fiesta as it travelled into Coalisland at around 10pm on the night before the attack.

It is known to have left Belfast at around 9.30pm on Tuesday 21 February, the night before the shooting, before travelling along the M1 Motorway into Coalisland at around 10pm.

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