Dissident Irish republican paramilitary group the New IRA has claimed responsibility for the murder of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee. McKee, 29, was shot in the head by a bullet fired at police during rioting in the nationalist Creggan area of Londonderry. A number of women smeared red paint in handprints on republican slogans outside the office. In a statement to the Irish News, the group offered their "full and sincere apologies" to her family and friends. The shooting took place on Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered outside an Orange Order pub in the town centre after it had been raided earlier that day over alleged involvement with dissident republicans.
Dissident Irish republican paramilitary group the New IRA has claimed responsibility for the murder of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee. McKee, 29, was shot in the head by a bullet fired at police during rioting in the nationalist Creggan area of Londonderry. In a statement to the Irish News, the group offered their "full and sincere apologies" to her family and friends. The shooting took place on Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered outside an Orange Order pub in the town centre after it had been raided earlier that day over alleged involvement with dissident republicans.