Journalist shot dead during riots in Northern Ireland
Serious rioting now in Creggan, #Derry tonight, police have come under gun and petrol bomb attack in Fanad Drive. @papic.twitter.com/yNmW1qg6mU
BREAKING: PSNI confirm that following a night of disorder and shots being fired in the Creggan area of Derry~Londonderry that a 29 year old woman has died.pic.twitter.com/AZTWIiR8YE
ACC Mark Hamilton said: “Sadly I can confirm that following shots being fired tonight in Creggan, a 29 year old woman has been killed. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder enquiry.”
A 29 year old woman has been killed in a shooting incident in Derry's Creggan estate. A gunman opened fire on police during serious rioting. Senior officer says: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder enquiry.” @UTVNewspic.twitter.com/3fnUtMz3M3
I was standing beside this young woman when she fell beside a police Land Rover tonight in Creggan #Derry. I called an ambulance for her but police put her in the back of their vehicle and rushed her to hospital where she died. Just 29 years old. Sick to my stomach tonightpic.twitter.com/F0GHHd3HPz
ACC Mark Hamilton addresses media after the tragic death of 29 year old Lyra McKee in Derry/Londonderry last night; and says ‘our thoughts are very much with the family & friends of Ms McKee’.pic.twitter.com/yV1R3M9oUh
ACC Mark Hamilton says the murder of Lyra McKee is ‘horrendous and unjustified’. He is appealing to those intent on violence to draw back. He says all these acts of violence are doing nothing but causing misery.pic.twitter.com/TuBFClFboO
ACC Mark Hamilton says a murder inquiry has been launched & appeals to anyone with information to call police. A single gunman fired shots in a residential area and as result Ms McKee was wounded. Tragically she died from her injuries.pic.twitter.com/Y2CSmkPfl2
BREAKING: Addressing those behind the attack, the Deputy Chief Constable told a press conference in L'Derry: "This was not done to further any cause - this will have achieved nothing other than to plunge a family into grief"pic.twitter.com/PLT13bhmrq
"We call on the authorities in #NorthernIreland to act swiftly to identify those responsible for the killing of Lyra McKee and bring them to justice. Every day, all around the world, journalists put their lives at risk when they bear witness to unrest and conflict." @gulnozaspic.twitter.com/zu7Y5evuWF
The last killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland was on September 28, 2001, when prominent investigative journalist Martin O'Hagan was shot dead as he was leaving a pub in the town of #Lurgan. https://cpj.org/data/people/martin-ohagan/index.php …pic.twitter.com/qxfGoDXEwc
MORE: Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin says police are looking for multiple suspects, adding: "There was certainly more than one person involved in the murder".
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has given a statement at Government Buildings.
He said Lyra McKee changed lives during her life and will do so again in death.
And to the people of Derry: “We stand with you, as strong as your walls...” #LyraMcKeepic.twitter.com/bCspnyFhC4
The Government condemns in the strongest possible terms the fatal shooting of journalist and writer Lyra McKee in Derry. We are all full of sadness after last night’s events. We cannot allow those who want to propagate violence, fear and hate to drag us back to the past.
I would like to express my sincere condolences to Lyra’s family, her partner Sara and her friends. Our solidarity also goes out to the people of Derry and to the entire journalism community.
Killing of young woman in Derry an attack on all the community – @moneillsf https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/53542 pic.twitter.com/kIH4t5X4ak
Sinn Féin’s @moneillsf said: “We will remain resolute in our opposition to the pointless actions of these people who care nothing for the people of Derry.”
Heartbreaking news from Derry my thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. Community must unite against those who carry out such senseless acts.https://twitter.com/sinnfeinireland/status/1119032989302784001 …
Joint statement from the Party Leaders on the murder of Lyra McKee
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"The death of Lyra McKee in last night's suspected terrorist incident in Londonderry is shocking and truly senseless. My deepest condolences go to her family, friends and colleagues. She was a journalist who died doing her job with great courage." – PM @theresa_may
From @DUPleader: “Heartbreaking news. A senseless act. A family has been torn apart. Those who brought guns onto our streets in the 70s, 80s & 90s were wrong. It is equally wrong in 2019. No one wants to go back.” #Derry
The @SDLPlive’s @columeastwood said: "Devastating news from Creggan. God help the poor family." @RobinSwannUUP added: “Devastating news coming out of Londonderry tonight, a precious life lost, we can't go back to this nor can we allow others to drag us back." #Derry
This is awful. Thoughts with the family of Lyra McKee & the people of Derry/Londonderry
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Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, shot dead in Londonderry last night - police believe dissident republicans were responsible https://bbc.in/2XqtSHP pic.twitter.com/y59F3jilW9
Big crowd gathering beside Derry murder scene for vigil, including @DepChiefConPSNI and @DUPleaderpic.twitter.com/NXn9EhNvro
Significant moment as Alene Foster, DUP leader, visits Creggan estate in Londonderry. This is a prominent nationalist & catholic estate where unionist leaders would normally not go. This is where journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead last night. @itvnewspic.twitter.com/QhwrV783gH
At the vigil for #LyraMcKee in #Derry All the parties stand together in solidarity. I wonder what she would’ve thought...pic.twitter.com/9LY6Z0zexc
Politicians from DUP SF SDLP Alliance inc DUP leader Arlene Foster visit #Creggan #Derry for vigil of solidarity following murder of journalist Lyra McKee @IrishTimespic.twitter.com/kySS5x0CI7