Ireland: 57-year-old woman arrested for murder of journalist Lyra Mckee in Northern Ireland

The woman was arrested in the Creggan area, where the riots took place, on April 18, for her alleged connection to the murder of journalist Lyra Mckee, who has been claimed by the New IRA and for which she has apologized. to the reporter's family. The detainee has been taken to a police station for questioning by investigators in the case. McKee was shot to the head while she was with police officers in the Creggan area on the night of April 18. statement published this Tuesday in the newspaper 'Irish News', the New Irish Republican Army (New IRA) has claimed the murder of the journalist and has sent its "sincere apologies to the couple, family and friends" of the reporter. "During a attack on the enemy, Lyra McKee was tragically killed while standing next to the enemy forces, "said the group, which has accused the police of" provoking "the riots and has assured that it has instructed its members to" take the maximum be careful in the future when you face the enemy. "" On Thursday night, following the incursion into Creggan by the heavily armed British crown forces that caused riots, the IRA deployed our volunteers. " The New IRA has pointed out. Images captured by witnesses at the time of the attack show a masked man firing a shot at the head of McKee, who was standing next to a police vehicle amid riots between nationalist protesters Irishmen and policemen.