Journalist shot dead in N Ireland in 'terrorist incident'

LONDON - A journalist was shot dead during riots in Northern Ireland in what police Friday were treating as a terrorist incident following the latest upsurge in violence to shake the troubled region.

"A single gunman fired shots in a residential area of the city and as a result wounded Ms McKee," said Hamilton, adding that police believed the gunman was a "violent dissident republican."Journalist Matthew Hughes earlier identified the dead woman as one of his friends. Leona O'Neill, a reporter with the Belfast Telegraph, said she had been next to McKee when she was shot.

"This was an attack on the community, an attack on the peace process and an attack on the Good Friday Agreement," the peace deal that largely brought an end to violence on the island exactly 21 years ago, she added, calling for calm.

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