Lyra McKee: New IRA says its activists killed journalist

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1. Other Republicans say they were trying to make Derry look lawless for an MTV documentary

Locals on the Creggan estate also named the veteran republican who sent Lyra McKee's killer and his teenage pals out to riot for the MTV cameras.
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"It was this bitter old b*****d who organised the riot and sent that wee lad out with the gun," one furious Derry republican told Sunday Life.

"This was all done to impress Reggie Yates and the MTV crew which was filming in Creggan.

"The New IRA was trying to make Derry look lawless, like the young ones here are fighting a constant running battle with the PSNI.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/lyra-mckee-killed-for-tv-cameras-new-ira-wanted-publicity-with-mtv-in-derry-for-documentary-38034806.html