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| Lyra McKee: Four men arrested in connection with journalist's death | Lyra McKee: Four men arrested in connection with journalist's death |
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| Lyra McKee was was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate in April 2019 | Lyra McKee was was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate in April 2019 |
| Detectives investigating the death of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry have arrested four men. | Detectives investigating the death of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry have arrested four men. |
| The men, aged 19, 20, 21 and 33, were all arrested on Wednesday under the Terrorism Act, police have said. | The men, aged 19, 20, 21 and 33, were all arrested on Wednesday under the Terrorism Act, police have said. |
| Ms McKee, 29, was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate in April 2019. | Ms McKee, 29, was shot while observing rioting in Derry's Creggan estate in April 2019. |
| One man has already been charged with murder and another man charged with rioting and associated offences on the night Ms McKee was killed. | One man has already been charged with murder and another man charged with rioting and associated offences on the night Ms McKee was killed. |
| The four men have all been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast. | The four men have all been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast. |
| There was a police presence on the Lone Moor Road near Creggan on Wednesday | |
| "These arrests are the culmination of a detailed two-year investigation into Lyra's murder and the events which preceded it," Det Supt Jason Murphy said. | "These arrests are the culmination of a detailed two-year investigation into Lyra's murder and the events which preceded it," Det Supt Jason Murphy said. |
| "The local community have supported the Police Service of Northern Ireland throughout the course of this protracted investigation and I wish to thank them for their continued support," he added. | "The local community have supported the Police Service of Northern Ireland throughout the course of this protracted investigation and I wish to thank them for their continued support," he added. |