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Lyra McKee: Two men arrested in connection with journalist's killing | |
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Two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of journalist Lyra McKee. | |
The pair, aged 18 and 19, were arrested under the Terrorism Act. | |
Ms McKee, 29, was struck by a bullet as she was observing rioting in Northern Ireland on Thursday night. | |
She was shot in Londonderry's Creggan estate. | |
Violence broke out after police raids on houses in the Mulroy Park and Galliagh areas in the city. | |
Ms McKee was standing near a police 4x4 vehicle with other journalists when she was wounded. | |
CCTV captured her final moments in the crowd and mobile phone footage showed the suspected gunman. | |
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said a gunman fired shots towards police officers at about 23:00 BST on Thursday. | |
'Single barbaric act' | |
In the video, the masked attacker leans from behind cover and appears to fire shots towards police and onlookers. | |
There has been widespread condemnation of the killing. | |
PSNI Det Supt Jason Murphy, who is leading the investigation, described Ms McKee's death as "senseless and appalling beyond belief". | |
At a vigil in Derry on Friday, Ms McKee's partner, Sara Canning, described her as a "tireless advocate and activist" for the LGBT community. | |
Ms Canning said her partner's dreams had been "snuffed out by a single barbaric act" and she had been left without "the woman I was planning to grow old with". | |
"The senseless murder of Lyra McKee has left a family without a beloved daughter, a sister, an aunt and a great-aunt; so many friends without their confidante," added Ms Canning. | |
"We are all poorer for the loss of Lyra." | |
Figures from across the political divide, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and DUP leader Arlene Foster, were among the hundreds of people to attend the vigil. | |
One of Ms McKee's close friends, Kathleen Bradley, told the BBC: "Lyra was a voice - she wasn't afraid to stand up and hold her view. | |
"Lyra managed to get Mary Lou McDonald and Arlene Foster into Creggan [for the vigil] without any high security or barricades. | |
'Power of Lyra' | |
"Those politicians stood amongst us today and that really is the power of Lyra." | |
Other leading world figures united to condemn Ms McKee's killing. | |
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said Ms McKee "changed lives" as a journalist and an activist and would continue to do so. | |
"We stand with you as strong as your walls and for as long as they stand," he added. | |
"This was an attack not just on one citizen - it was an attack on all of us, our nation and our freedoms." | |
Former US President Bill Clinton said he was "heartbroken". | |
Irish President Michael D Higgins signed a condolence book at Belfast City Hall and said there was "outrage" in Ireland. | |
"The loss of a journalist at any time in any part of the world is an attack on truth itself," he said. | |
"The circumstances in which it happened - the firing on a police force that are seeking to defend the peace process - cannot be condoned by anybody." |