Lyra McKee, a 29-year-old journalist who was shot dead by a New IRA gunman in Northern Ireland last week, was honored by hundreds of mourners and political leaders at a funeral in Belfast on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old was shot in the head Thursday while reporting on clashes between rioters and police in the city of Londonderry, also known as Derry. A small Irish nationalist group called the New IRA said it was responsible for her death and apologized, adding that they had been targeting police officers at the time.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins were among those who attended the ceremony, along with UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as well as the leaders of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist and nationalist parties.
“In death, Lyra has united people of many different backgrounds,” Father Martin Magill told the crowd gathered in Belfast’s St. Anne’s Cathedral.
“I pray that Lyra’s…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
