World | IRA Cop Gunned Down in Northern Ireland By Neal Colgrass Posted Mar 9, 2009 8:36 PM CDT Copied A police Service of Northern Ireland officer aims his rifle as he takes up position near Lismore Manor, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, March, 10,2009. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) A police officer was killed in Northern Ireland tonight amid renewed tensions with suspected Irish Republican terrorists, the Guardian reports. Responding to a call on a private manor southwest of Belfast, one officer was fatally shot in the head and another injured. The Real IRA, which claimed responsibility for killing two soldiers this weekend, has recently tried to kill several other police officers. Politicians of all stripes condemned tonight's killing. A local Sinn Féin member urged the community to support police, while a nationalist assembly member said they were "staring into the abyss... we are on the brink of something absolutely awful." A party leader supporting a local terror group called for calm: "The perpetrators will not be allowed to damage our peace process," he said. Read These Next A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. Is India, under hefty tariffs, turning away from the US? Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. Report an error