To date, 30 arrests have been made, and nine people have been charged. Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) has made an appeal for information on the third anniversary of Lyra McKee’s death. The journalist was shot dead in the Fanad Drive area in Derry on 18 April 2019, with the New IRA claiming responsibility for […]

4 years ago

McKee was murdered during a riot in the Creggan area of Derry in 2019. Five men have been arrested on Tuesday morning (15 March) in connection with the murder of Lyra McKee. The journalist was fatally shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry in April 2019. Two men have previously been formally charged […]

4 years ago

The men will appear in court on Friday morning. Two men have been formally charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. 29-year-old McKee was shot dead while covering riots that broke out in Derry in April of 2019. McKee’s death was quickly condemned as a “senseless act of violence” as police in Northern Ireland […]

4 years ago

Journalist Lyra McKee was shot and killed in Derry in 2019. A gun found by police during searches in Derry last weekend has been identified as the weapon used to murder journalist Lyra McKee. The PSNI has confirmed that its Major Investigation Team investigating the murder of Lyra McKee have confirmed that the gun found […]

6 years ago

Police are treating this finding as an “encouraging line of enquiry”. A gun believed to be of the same type and calibre as the gun used to murder Lyra McKee has been found in Derry. As part of a search on Saturday evening, police remove a command-wire initiated bomb, a handgun and a quantity of […]

6 years ago

He will appear at Derry Magistrates Court on Thursday. Detectives from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team have charged a 52-year-old man with the murder of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead by terrorists in Derry on 18 April 2019. The man, from the city who was arrested by detectives yesterday and taken to […]

6 years ago