A 29-year-old woman has been killed after shots were fired in Londonderry, with police treating it as a 'terrorist incident'.
A 29-year-old woman has been killed after shots were fired in Londonderry, with police treating it as a"terrorist incident".
Assistant chief constable Mark Hamilton, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, says a murder investigation has been launched. "Sadly I can confirm that following shots being fired tonight in Creggan, a 29-year-old woman has been killed," he said.Police said earlier that a member of the public had been injured and appealed for calm after disturbances in the Creggan area of the city.
The force tweeted:"Police are appealing for calm after a number of shots have been fired and petrol bombs thrown in the Creggan area of Derry."Sky's senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins said:"Tension has been building in the Creggan area in the run-up to Easter, when republicans mark the anniversary of the 1916 uprising against British rule in Ireland.
"There was some disorder last Easter when dissident republicans, who are opposed to the peace process, organised an illegal parade there."Earlier this week, they said police would be to blame for any disorder this year and warned what they called 'British crown forces' not to saturate the area."
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