Journalist shot dead in North Ireland in 'terrorist incident'

Londonderry, also known as Derry, was a flashpoint city in decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. [AFP]

A journalist was shot dead during riots in Northern Ireland in what police Friday were treating as a terrorist incident following the latest upsurge in violence to shake the troubled region.

"Lyra McKee was murdered during orchestrated violence in Creggan last night," Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said in a statement.