Ten New IRA suspects arrested in police operation

Ten dissident republican suspects have been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of an island-wide police operation against the New IRA.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda in the Irish Republic worked together to carry out arrests and searches in what has been described as a ‘massive crackdown’ on the militant group.

The PSNI said that officers had made a number of arrests under the Terrorism Act across Northern Ireland in connection with an ongoing investigation into New IRA activities.

The New IRA’s last victim was the journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead in April 2019 during an attack aimed at police officers during a riot in the Creggan area of Derry.

The arrests were all made in Norther Ireland following raids in Derry, East Tyrone and Belfast. In Ireland at the same time, Garda officers raided properties in Cork, Kerry, Dublin and Laois, but no arrests have been made there.