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26 July 2011
Last updated at 03:44 ET
Five men have been arrested and a major search operation is underway across Northern Ireland over the murder of police officer Ronan Kerr.
The 25-year-old Catholic policeman was killed when a bomb exploded under his car in Omagh on 2 April.
About 200 officers are currently involved in seven searches in Coalisland, Toome, Bellaghy and Ballyronan.
The five men, aged from 22 to 46, were arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Before today's operation, a total of 33 searches had been conducted in connection with the murder in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
Constable Kerr, who joined the police in May 2010, is the second officer to have been killed since the Royal Ulster Constabulary became the PSNI in 2001.
Dissident republicans were blamed for the murder.
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The 25-year-old Catholic policeman was killed when a bomb exploded under his car in Omagh on 2 April.
About 200 officers are currently involved in seven searches in Coalisland, Toome, Bellaghy and Ballyronan.
The five men, aged from 22 to 46, were arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Before today's operation, a total of 33 searches had been conducted in connection with the murder in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
Constable Kerr, who joined the police in May 2010, is the second officer to have been killed since the Royal Ulster Constabulary became the PSNI in 2001.
Dissident republicans were blamed for the murder.
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