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Journalist, 29, shot dead in Derry 'terror attack'

It is understood Ms McKee had recently moved to Derry to live with her partner (Image: FACEBOOK)

The 29-year-old journalist shot and killed allegedly by dissident republican group the New IRA in Northern Ireland has been named.

Lyra McKee died after she was shot in the head as 'violent dissident republicans' fired on police in Derry in what is being treated as a "terrorist incident"

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