The New IRA said 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee was killed “while standing beside enemy forces” – a reference to the police.
LONDON – The Northern Ireland Police Service said Tuesday they have arrested a woman under the Terrorism Act in connection with theThe arrest of the 57-year-old under the Terrorism Act came as an Irish Republican Army splinter group admitted that one of its “volunteers” killed journalist McKee, who was shot dead while reporting on rioting in Londonderry.
The group said the 29-year-old journalist was killed during Thursday night’s unrest “while standing beside enemy forces” – a reference to the police. The use of a firearm apparently aimed at police marks a dangerous escalation in sporadic violence that continues to plague Northern Ireland 21 years after the Good Friday peace agreement was signed. The New IRA group rejects the peace agreement.
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