Published: April 19, 2019
Lyra McKee, 29, named as victim after shots were fired, petrol bombs thrown and cars torched during rioting in Creggan area
A 29-year-old woman has died after shots were fired in Derry, with police in Northern Ireland treating it as a “terrorist incident”. The victim was named as journalist and author Lyra McKee, who was covering the unrest taking place in the Creggan area of the city.
The assistant chief constable Mark Hamilton, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said a murder inquiry had been launched after the death on Thursday evening. Petrol bombs were thrown and images from the scene show vehicles alight and others burnt out.
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