Northern Ireland police have arrested two teenagers in the killing of 29-year-old investigative journalist Lyra McKee, authorities say.
The suspects are both men, ages 18 and 19, and were arrested under the terrorism act, the Police Service of Northern Ireland tweeted. They have been taken to a police station in central Belfast, police said.Lyra McKeeMcKee, who was a prominent journalist, was killed in the Creggan area of Londonderry on Thursday in what police in Northern Ireland have described as a"terrorist incident.
— PSNI DC&S District April 19, 2019 The footage apparently captured Mckee's final moments around 10 p.m. local time on Thursday, when she stood among a crowd and raised her phone in the air to capture the rioting taking place in front of her. Read MoreMcKee was standing close to a police vehicle when she was wounded by the shots fired by a single gunman. She died soon after from her injuries, assistant chief constable Mark Hamilton told reporters Friday.
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