Man (27) arrested in relation to murder of Lyra McKee

Journalist was shot dead in Creggan, Derry in April 2019

Lyra McKee: shot in the head during a night of rioting and petrol bombing in 2019. Photograph: Jess Lowe/AFP
Lyra McKee: shot in the head during a night of rioting and petrol bombing in 2019. Photograph: Jess Lowe/AFP

Police investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee have arrested a 27-year-old man.

He was detained in Derry on Wednesday under the provisions of the Terrorism Act and has been taken to Musgrave police station in Belfast for questioning.

A house in the city was also searched by police.

The 29-year-old journalist and writer was shot dead as she watched a riot in the Creggan area of Derry in April 2019. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the dissident republican group the New IRA was responsible.

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Last month police recovered a Hammerli X-Esse pistol and a number of bullets during searches in the Ballymagroarty area of the city, which police said was the gun used to kill Ms McKee.

In February, a 52-year-old man appeared in court in the city charged with her murder.

Freya McClements

Freya McClements

Freya McClements is Northern Editor of The Irish Times