A journalist was fatally shot while reporting on a riot in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry on Thursday, authorities said.
"We believe this to be a terrorist act," police said.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, earlier Thursday.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.LONDON — Dozens of Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers during unrest in the Creggan area of the city, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Around 100 people, including youths and members of the media, were at the scene when shots were fired before midnight local time.Leona O'Neill, a local journalist who was present,that she was with McKee when she was hit. She said McKee fell beside a police vehicle Land Rover and officers rushed her to hospital, where she died.
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