Tag: Londonderry

• Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Bomb attack on police force in Londonderry, a day before President Biden arrives in Northern Ireland

  

  A police vehicle in Londonderry, Northern Ireland was attacked with Molotov bombs and set on fire on Monday, that is a day before US president Joe Biden arrives in Belfast for a visit of the country and the Republic.

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Suspects of journalist terrorist killing in Londonderry arrested and charged

  

  Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday charged a middle-aged man with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead during rioting in the city of Londonderry.

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Londonderry “terrorist incident”: young journalist shot dead

  

  A journalist has been shot dead in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. Dissident republicans are being blamed for killing 29-year-old Lyra McKee during rioting after police searches in Derry's Creggan area on Thursday night. Petrol bombs were also thrown at police Land Rovers.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Two “Bloody Sunday” families have been awarded compensations

  

  The families of two men shot dead on Bloody Sunday, January 1972, have been awarded a combined £700,000 in compensation. The family of Gerard McKinney, a 35-year-old father-of-eight, who was shot dead at Abbey Park in Londonderry, were awarded £625,000. Michael McDaid, 20, was killed near a barricade in Rossville Street. His family received £75,000.