New IRA claim responsibility
The New IRA has claimed responsibility for the killing of Lyra McKee.
The 29 year old journalist was shot dead while covering riots in Derry on Thursday night.
In a statement given to the Irish News using a recognised code word, the New IRA has offered its "full and sincere apologies" to Lyra's partner, family and friends.
The dissident republican group says she was tragically killed in the course of attacking the enemy.
They say their volunteers were "deployed to engage" after police raided a number of homes.
In the violence that followed, Lyra McKee was shot while standing beside a police van and later died.
The PSNI say that since then, over 140 people have come forward with information - and that the investigation to find her killer is continuing at a rapid pace.
Lyra's funeral takes place in Belfast tomorrow.
