BELFAST – Dissident republican group the New IRA on Tuesday admitted responsibility for killing Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee during rioting in Londonderry last week, in a statement to The Irish News.
"In the course of attacking the enemy Lyra McKee was tragically killed while standing beside enemy forces," the statement said. "It was a pointless and futile act to destroy the progress made over the last 20 years, which has the overwhelming support of people everywhere," it read.
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