The Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has condemned the attempt to murder a police officer near Dungiven.
Steve Aiken OBE MLA said:
“Today we have learned that another police officer has been targeted for murder, this time just outside Dungiven.
“There must be no hiding place for those who seek to murder police officers or use violence in pursuit of any political objectives.
“The police exist to serve and protect the entire community. As a society we must never grow immune to the horror of having our police officers targeted for murder.
“I appeal to anyone who can help in any way to catch the people responsible for this latest outrage, to come forward at once and get these terrorists off the streets and behinds bars where they can do no more harm.”