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Lyra McKee and Martin O'Hagan
[quote]Lyra McKee, 29
Derry, Northern Ireland
18 April 2019
Freelance journalist McKee was shot while reporting on rioting in Derry. The New IRA has since admitted to being behind the killing. McKee had tweeted from the scene and spoken to journalist colleagues just minutes before she was shot.
Martin O'Hagan, 51
Lurgan, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
28 September 2001
O'Hagan was an investigative journalist who worked for the Dublin and Belfast-based Sunday World. He was shot while walking home from his local pub after refusing to bow to pressure to stop publishing stories about the activities of Loyalist gangsters. The Loyalist Volunteer Force claimed responsibility for his murder but nobody has been prosecuted.[/quote]
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-journalists-who-lost-their-lives-covering-conflict-2000/ (elburcher)
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Who were the only two journalists murdered while working during the Northern Ireland conflict?
