LONDON - POLICE say they have charged a 17-year-old with the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says the teenager is accused of killing Constable Stephen Carroll on the night of March 9 and possessing a firearm 'with intent to endanger life'.
The killing was the second of a pair of deadly attacks that shook Northern Ireland's fragile power-sharing government. It came two days after attackers killed two soldiers just outside a British army base.
Both attacks were claimed by Irish Republican Army dissidents.
The Continuity IRA took responsibility for Carroll's death.
Northern Ireland police said Monday that the unnamed 17-year-old was also charged with belonging to the Continuity IRA. -- AP
