Archiv: New IRA


21.04.2019 - 12:59 [ Mirror.co.uk ]

Four ‚suspect devices‘ left in Derry – days after journalist Lyra McKee killed

A controlled explosion has been carried out outside the home of a Derry politician as bomb disposal teams scrambled to four locations across the city.

Houses have been evacuated and police warned of „major disruption“ after the devices were reported.

One of the devices was reportedly found outside the home of Derry councillor Gary Donnelly, where the explosion was carried out.

20.04.2019 - 11:01 [ William Booth, London Bureau Chief for The Washington Post / Twitter ]

Lyra McKee, 29, was the first working journalist to be killed in the United Kingdom since 2001. In Derry. Irish border. Good Friday eve, Day after Nancy Pelosi visits and appeals for peace, calm, open borders.

20.04.2019 - 10:40 [ Awesome Gary / Youtube ]

****WARNING**** WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN SERIOUS RIOTING DERRY/LONDONDERRY(Journalist Lyra McKee )18.4.19

****WARNING**** WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN SERIOUS RIOTING DERRY/LONDONDERRY 18.4.19 VERY GRAPHIC

*edit* journalist Lyra McKee Named as victim

20.04.2019 - 10:37 [ Bellingcat.com ]

An Open Source Survey of the Shooting of Lyra McKee

Below, the vantage point of the first video (dotted red line) and the second video (dotted blue line). The position of the shooter is marked with a black “X”, and the approximate location of the police vehicles on Fanad drive is marked by the yellow box:

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Below, the vantage point of the first video (dotted red line) and the second video (dotted blue line). The spot where McKee fell is marked by a black “X”:

19.04.2019 - 12:24 [ Zeit.de ]

Londonderry: Frau bei Ausschreitungen in Nordirland erschossen

Zu den Hintergründen machten die Behörden bisher keine Angaben. Der geplante EU-Austritt Großbritanniens schürte zuletzt Sorgen, dass der Konflikt zwischen pro-irischen und pro-britischen Gruppen in der britischen Provinz wieder aufflammen könnte.

19.04.2019 - 12:09 [ Leona O'Neill, News Journalist working with @BelTel ‏/ Twitter ]

I was standing beside this young woman when she fell beside a police Land Rover tonight in Creggan #Derry. I called an ambulance for her but police put her in the back of their vehicle and rushed her to hospital where she died. Just 29 years old. Sick to my stomach tonight

(vor 10 Stunden)

19.04.2019 - 12:07 [ Leona O'Neill, News Journalist working with @BelTel ‏/ Twitter ]

Massive security operation happening in Mulroy Gardens in Creggan #Derry tonight. A house search is being conducted. Army Technical Officers are also at the scene although the area is not cordoned off

(vor 13 Stunden)

19.04.2019 - 09:41 [ Mikey / Twitter ]

So was Lyra McKee specifically targeted?

19.04.2019 - 09:40 [ Standard.co.uk ]

Derry attack: dissident republicans blamed after journalist Lyra McKee shot dead in Northern Ireland

Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were carrying out a search operation in the Creggan area of Derry aimed at disrupting dissident republicans ahead of this weekend‘s commemoration of Irish independence, when a situation developed during which more than 50 petrol bombs were thrown at officers and two cars were hijacked and set on fire.

During the unrest a gunman fired a number of shots at police, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said.