Reports have emerged that a police officer in North Belfast has been wounded after a shooting incident in the city.
Sky News’ David Blevins has reported on the incident, although details surrounding the shooting are scant. It is believed to have happened on the Crumlin Road. Other unconfirmed tweets suggest that it was a “drive-by” shooting.
BREAKING: Sky sources – a police officer has been wounded in a shooting in North Belfast.
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) January 22, 2017
Nigel Dodds, the Deputy Leader of the DUP, has already condemned the incident as a “despicable act of terrorism.”
Police officer injured in shooting in North Belfast Crumlin Road area. Despicable act of terrorism.
— Nigel Dodds (@NigelDoddsDUP) January 22, 2017
The shooting follows hot on the heels of much discussion around the dissolution of the power-sharing agreement in Stormont House, as well as the implications that Brexit will have on the Good Friday Agreement.
Speaking yesterday at a united Ireland conference, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said that UK removal from the EU would undercut many of the human rights clauses contained within the agreement — a claim that was later repudiated by a spokesperson for the British government.
