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Four arrested after shots fired Shots fired during kidnap attempt
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Police fired two shots during an operation in County Antrim on Friday. Four men have been arrested during an attempt to take a family hostage in Newbridge near Toome.
The shooting happened at around 0100 BST close to the Aughrim Road which runs between Toome and Magherafelt. Four people were arrested at the scene. Two shots were fired by police during the operation which began when officers intercepted a gang of men at a house on Aughrim Road about 0100 BST on Friday.
As with all police shootings in Northern Ireland, the incident was referred to the Police Ombudsman for investigation. It is believed the gang planned to hold the family hostage while a bank employee was forced to hand over money.
The police said the people arrested were being questioned about organised crime. No-one was injured. The Police Ombudsman has been called in to investigate the shooting.
They are being held at the serious crime unit in Antrim police station. Al Hutchinson's office carries out an investigation every time a PSNI officer fires a weapon.
Ombudsman investigators have been at the scene of the shooting and their enquiries in the area are continuing. The four men who were arrested are being questioned at Antrim police station.
No one was injured in the incident.
The caretaker of St Trea's Catholic Church on the Aughrim Road said he saw several police officers at a house three hundred yards past the church on Friday morning.