There will be enormous concern over the case of Malachi Coleman (22), who remains critically ill in hospital after he was found shot in the head in a BMW car parked on a rural Co Derry road earlier this month.
Police confirmed last night, eleven days after the grim discovery on Cairndaisy Road outside Moneymore, that they were treating the incident as attempted murder.
It is alarming that such a serious episode could take place in a quiet and isolated district with so few details about the background emerging to date.
What is essential is that anyone who can provide detectives with information about the circumstances should come forward without delay.
