The New IRA has acknowledged responsibility for the journalist's murder in Northern Ireland

New IRA paramilitary group responsible for killing journalist Lyra McKee, 29 years, in Derry last Thursdayand apologized to his family and friends, the newspaper reported on Tuesday Irish news.

In a statement sent to this newspaper on Monday, The new IRA claims that the journalist "was tragically murdered while he was standing next to the enemy forces", referring to the police.

Mckee, who I was not working at the time of the incident, he was shot in the head of a masked individual He was shooting at policemen in the Creggan district of Derry during a wave of violent riots.

"IRA sincerely apologizes to Lyra McKee's partner, family and friends for her pbading," adds the paramilitary group note.

In published images it is appreciated the figure of the man who fires point-blank against a police utility vehicle, next door was the unfortunate journalist who was observing what had happened with other colleagues in her profession and taking pictures with her mobile phone.

We also see a second man, who could be an accomplice of the event and who seems to pick up something on the ground, to then fly away.

The detective responsible for the investigation into the murder, Jason Murphy warned Saturday of the emergence of a "new type of terrorist" in Northern Ireland.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) treated the event as an "act of terrorism", allegedly perpetrated by Republican dissidents, linked to the New IRA, training that feeds on armed groups of Irish nationalist militants opposed to the peace process.

PSNI finds riots generated by violent youth a response to incursions by agents They had previously conducted several operations in this region, looking for weapons, to dismantle an alleged conspiracy against this body that was planned for this weekend.

Lyra McKee she was the portal publisher based in California Médiagazer, specialized in the news of the media sector.

He was also an important and valued figure in the gay community of Northern Ireland, who saw in her a reference and a tireless defender of the rights of her group.

(With information from EFE)