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Three men have been cleared of murder over the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee.

The 29-year-old was shot while covering a riot in Derry/Londonderry in 2019.

The New IRA, a small paramilitary group that opposes Northern Ireland’s peace process, said its members accidentally shot the reporter while aiming at polic

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 days ago

    Accidentally shot the reporter while aiming at police

    Imagine someone using THAT excuse in the US! 😄

    They’d be demonized by the “Blue Lives Matter” fascists and locked up for life not because of what they did, but what they said they tried to do.