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Police have arrested a man in relation to comments posted online after the shooting of a police officer in North Belfast.

A police spokesman described comments on Facebook as “not just highly offensive, but seemingly terrorist supporting messages”.

It came after a shooting on the Crumlin Road left a police officer hospitalised.

The attack has been claimed by the New IRA.

Today, a search in the Castlewellan area resulted the arrest of a 32-year-old man.

Chief Inspector Burrows said: “We won’t tolerate such remarks whether they are online or in the street about our colleagues who are attacked whilst protecting their community.

“If people post such comments we will bring them to justice.”

The man was also arrested on suspicion of abstracting electricity and prohibited weapon offences.