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Inside Europe: Award-winning journalist's death unites Northern Ireland in grief

David HunterApril 25, 2019

There has been international condemnation this week after the murder of a journalist in Northern Ireland. Lyra McKee was reporting at a riot in the city of Londonderry, also known as Derry, when she was shot. The group known as the 'New IRA' says it was responsible for the 29 year-old's death. David Hunter reports from Belfast.

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