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Shot fired as officer struck by stolen police car
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- A bullet hole was visible in the windscreen of the stolen police car A police officer has been seriously injured after he was hit by a stolen police car in Downpatrick, County Down.
- The officer, who fired his gun during the incident, had been chasing a suspect who had fled on foot after another vehicle failed to stop for police on Fountain Street.
- When officers returned to their car in the Colmcille Road area, another man was in the driver's seat and he drove directly towards the officer.
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Eimear Flanagan BBC News NIPacemaker. A bullet hole was visible in the windscreen of the stolen police car A police officer has been seriously injured after he was hit by a stolen police car in Downpatrick, County Down.
The officer, who fired his gun during the incident, had been chasing a suspect who had fled on foot after another vehicle failed to stop for police on Fountain Street.
When officers returned to their car in the Colmcille Road area, another man was in the driver's seat and he drove directly towards the officer.
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