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Murder of a journalist in Northern Ireland: research carried out in a Parisian production company

2021-12-07T14:17:41.314Z


Northern Irish police conducted searches Tuesday, December 7 at the premises of a production company in Paris in the investigation into the murder of ...


Northern Irish police on Tuesday (December 7th) searched the premises of a production company in Paris in the investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead while covering clashes between Republican dissidents and law enforcement in Londonderry in 2019.

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"

Investigators believe that a film crew

" from this company "

was in Derry / Londonderry during the week of the murder

" of the young woman of 29 years, said on Twitter the Northern Irish police, specifying that several objects have been collected for examination.

The operation was carried out after an order was granted by the Northern Irish justice before being approved by senior French magistrates, the police added.

"Beside the enemy forces"

Lyra McKee, 29, was shot dead on April 18, 2019 in the Catholic neighborhood of Creggan, Londonderry. A republican dissident group, the New IRA, had recognized its responsibility for the death of the young woman and argued that she "

stood beside the enemy forces

" in reference to the police force. The group had sent "

its sincere and whole apologies

" to its relatives.

Two men, Gearoid Cavanagh, 33, and Jordan Devine, 21, were charged in mid-September for the murder of Lyra McKee accused of having found the shooter, before being released on bail by the court. The investigation had already resulted in other charges, including the murder in mid-February 2020 of a suspect than fifty years, Paul McIntyre. According to his lawyer, he was questioned after picking up the sleeves of the ball related to murder, but is not the shooter. The murder weapon had been found and identified mid-June.

The death of Lyra McKee had provoked a strong emotion, reviving the memory of the "

Troubles

" which had opposed for three decades nationalist republicans (especially Catholics), supporters of the reunification of Ireland, and unionist loyalists (mostly Protestants), defenders. maintenance in the British Crown.

The violence, which ended in 1998 with the Good Friday peace accord, left 3,500 people dead.

Source: lefigaro

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