Northern Ireland

Four arrested in Lyra McKee murder investigation released pending PPS report

Journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead in Derry in April 2019.
Journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead in Derry in April 2019. Journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead in Derry in April 2019.

FOUR men arrested by police investigating the murder of Lyra McKee in Derry have been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.

Officers arrested a 63-year-old man in Derry on Monday under the Terrorism Act, and the following day three men aged 36, 39 and 45 were also arrested in the Derry area.

All four were questioned in Belfast by officers investigating the murder of the 29-year-old journalist in Derry's Creggan area on April 18, 2019.

A PSNI spokesperson said last night that the four were released pending a report to the PPS, adding: "The investigation remains ongoing."