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NI police officer hurt in lorry hit-and-run stable in hospital NI police officer hurt in lorry hit-and-run stable in hospital
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A police officer who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in County Armagh remains in a stable condition in hospital.A police officer who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in County Armagh remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Police said a lorry was driven at speed directly at the officer and he was pinned between it and a police vehicle. The lorry left the scene.Police said a lorry was driven at speed directly at the officer and he was pinned between it and a police vehicle. The lorry left the scene.
It happened in Cullyhanna as he was investigating the theft of a cash machine about 13 miles away near Newry.It happened in Cullyhanna as he was investigating the theft of a cash machine about 13 miles away near Newry.
Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.Police are treating the incident as attempted murder.
'Deliberate act' Injuries
Supt Simon Walls said: "From the accounts of those at the scene, this appears to have been a deliberate act and as such we will be treating this incident as the attempted murder of a police officer." The officer was struck after leaving his vehicle to speak to the driver of "a suspicious lorry transporting a car" on Mullaghduff Road, police said.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the officer was struck after leaving his vehicle to speak to the driver of "a suspicious lorry transporting a car" on Mullaghduff Road. Supt Simon Walls said the officer was receiving treatment for a fractured ankle, injuries to his back and a wound to his head.
He was given emergency first aid at the scene by his colleagues, before being taken by the police helicopter to hospital in Belfast. "His injuries are not considered life-threatening, and it is hoped he will not be required to spend a long time in hospital," he said.
The lorry is described as a low loader with a white cab with a red body and a yellow bumper. It was carrying a white or silver vehicle. Supt Walls said police believed the lorry involved in the incident had been stolen a short time earlier in Cullyhanna.
A lorry matching its description was found burnt out across the border at Mullyash Mountain in County Monaghan, about five miles away.
Appealing for information about its movements, Supt Walls said: "The lorry is described as a low loader with a white cab, a yellow bumper, a red low loader body and carrying a white or silver vehicle."
Policing Board chair Anne Connolly said: "This officer was simply doing his job but it shows the dangers our officers can face in serving the community."Policing Board chair Anne Connolly said: "This officer was simply doing his job but it shows the dangers our officers can face in serving the community."
Sinn Féin assembly member Megan Fearon said: "This was a horrendous attack and there can be no justification for it."Sinn Féin assembly member Megan Fearon said: "This was a horrendous attack and there can be no justification for it."
Democratic Unionist Party assembly member William Irwin said: "If the person responsible for this incident is linked to the theft then it underlines the extremely dangerous nature of those involved in organised theft of cash machines."Democratic Unionist Party assembly member William Irwin said: "If the person responsible for this incident is linked to the theft then it underlines the extremely dangerous nature of those involved in organised theft of cash machines."
Ulster Unionist councillor David Taylor said: "It is disgusting that a man serving the whole community should be mown down in the line of duty."Ulster Unionist councillor David Taylor said: "It is disgusting that a man serving the whole community should be mown down in the line of duty."
Earlier on Friday, a man in his 20s was arrested at Drumass, Inniskeen, in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, after a digger was used to rip the cash machine from the wall of a filling station on the Camlough Road, near Newry, at about 03:30 GMT. Earlier on Friday, a digger was used to rip a cash machine from the wall of a filling station on the Camlough Road, near Newry, County Down, at about 03:30 GMT.
Later that day, a man in his 20s was arrested by police in the Republic of Ireland, at Drumass, Inniskeen, in County Monaghan.
He is to appear in court on Saturday charged in connection with the robbery.
Police on both sides of the border are continuing to search for a number of men who fled following the robbery.Police on both sides of the border are continuing to search for a number of men who fled following the robbery.