Two teenagers arrested for the murder of a journalist in Northern Ireland

McKee was shot in an exchange of fire at a protest in Londonderry on Thursday evening while on a news assignment.
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From the scene of the murder, Photo: Reuters
From the scene of the murder, Photo: Reuters
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Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of being connected to the murder of journalist Lajra Macki (29).

The arrested young men are 18 and 19 years old, the BBC reports.

Mackie was shot Thursday night in an exchange of fire at a protest in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, while on a journalistic assignment.

Local media reported yesterday that unknown persons shot and threw Molotov cocktails at police officers during a routine control.

Londonderry police said on Friday morning that they suspected the New IRA (Irish Republican Army) of being responsible for the attack. Assistant Police Chief Mark Hamilton said police were "treating the shooting as a terrorist incident" and that a homicide investigation had been launched.

"We believe it is a terrorist act, we believe it was committed by violent republican dissidents. Our assessment at this moment is that the New Irish Republican Army (IRA) is most likely behind this and our investigation will go in that direction," he added.

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