People gather around the floral tributes placed at the scene in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in Northern Ireland on April 20, 2019, where journalist Lyra McKee was fatally shot amid rioting on April 18. (AFP)
Dissident republican group the New IRA Tuesday admitted responsibility for killing Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKeen during rioting in Londonderry last week, in a statement to The Irish News.
The New IRA “offer our full and sincere apologies to the partner, family and friends of Lyra McKee for her death,” the group said in a statement reported by the Irish newspaper.
