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| Two teens held after killing of N. Irish journalist |
| 2019-04-21 |
[DAWN] Two teenagers have been locked awayDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! over the killing of a journalist rubbed out in Northern Ireland, police said on Saturday, after a murder that has triggered international condemnation. The 18 and 19-year-old men were arrested in Londonderry under anti-terror laws and taken to Belfast for questioning, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, was shot in the head late on Thursday in Derry by, police believe, dissident republicans linked to the New IRA paramilitary group as they clashed with police in Northern Ireland's second city. Tributes to the 29-year-old were led by her partner, Sara Canning, who said McKee's "amazing potential was snuffed out by this single barbaric act". The leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties ‐ who have been unable to form a regional government for more than two years ‐ joined together to condemn the killing. Detectives hunting the gunman had released security camera footage of the unrest on Derry's Creggan estate, hoping that the community would help trace her killers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "a single gunman fired shots" "Lyra McKee, 29, was shot in the head" Story quotes tell me a different story, she was targeted. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-21 20:14 |
| #2 The impression I had, Skidmark, was that the lady in question was felled by random gunfire in her general direction. Was I mistaken? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-21 17:47 |
| #1 'terror' or sexual exploitation vengeance? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-21 10:21 |