A security alert is ongoing in a Co Tyrone village which earlier today hosted a vigil and solidarity walk for a police officer shot by gunmen at a sports centre in front of his young son.
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains critically ill after the attack in Omagh on Wednesday night.
On Saturday, Beragh Swifts, the football club at which Mr Caldwell is a volunteer coach, led a solidarity walk through the village of Beragh on the outskirts of Omagh
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But later that afternoon, police confirmed they had been called to the Dervaghroy Road in Beragh to examine a suspicious object.
A PSNI spokeswoman said: "The Dervaghroy Road in Beragh has been closed while police examine a suspicious object. Members of the public should avoid the area."
On Saturday morning, crowds had gathered in the village, about eight miles from Omagh, in an act of solidarity to hold a vigil and walk.
Beragh Swifts chairman Richard Lyons said the community had gathered in support of their friend and for all the children that have been affected by the shooting.
"It's been a very difficult time for the club; it's been a very difficult time for the community," he said.
"John worked tirelessly for this club, he's no different to any other volunteer... the contribution that John gives to this club is phenomenal, and this is an unbelievably difficult time for us all."
Hundreds of people later gathered for a rally in Omagh to demand an end to paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland.
Standing a short distance from where a 1998 dissident republican bomb killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, they held posters saying: "No going back".
Five men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder investigation. Police have said dissident republican group the New IRA is their primary line of inquiry.
The rally in Omagh on Saturday morning was organised by trade unions.
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