Northern Irish police charge man over shooting murder of journalist Lyra McKee

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Police in Northern Ireland have charged a man with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead during rioting in the city of Londonderry.

Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday charged a man with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead during rioting in the city of Londonderry.

"The man, from the city who was arrested by detectives yesterday ... is also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and professing to be a member of a proscribed organisation."Getty Images EuropeMcKee died after she was shot in the head as dissident republicans clashed with police in the Creggan housing estate in Northern Ireland's second city Londonderry.

Her killing provoked a widespread outcry across the British-run Northern Ireland and led to calls for politicians to agree to restore the province's then-suspended power-sharing institutions.Flowers are left at the scene where 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee was shot in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.PSNI Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy said the investigation continued for others involved in the killing.

 

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