Seven males have been charged over the tried homicide of a senior police detective in Northern Ireland.

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot a number of occasions at a sports activities advanced in Omagh, Co Tyrone, on 22 February, the place he had been teaching a youth soccer crew.

Police introduced on Saturday night time that seven males had been charged with tried homicide.

Two of them are additionally charged with membership of the IRA, and three with preparation of terrorist acts.

The assertion from the Police Service of Northern Ireland says that each one seven males are anticipated to look earlier than Dungannon Magistrates Court by way of video hyperlink on Monday.

It offers the ages of the person as 28, 28, 33, 38, 45, 47 and 72.

DCI Caldwell, who suffered "life-changing" accidents within the assault, was released from hospital in April.

Earlier this week, he attended a backyard occasion in Co Down with the King and Queen in his first public look for the reason that assault.