Lyra McKee was shot whilst observing a riot in the Bogside (Image: GETTY and PA)
It has been linked with four murders, including Pc Ronan Kerr, who was killed by an under-car bomb in Omagh in 2011. The group is also linked to the deaths of prison officers David Black, who was shot as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison in 2012. Another victim of the group was Adrian Ismay, who died in 2016 after a bomb exploded under his van outside his home in east Belfast.
The New IRA is believed to have been formed between 2011 and 2012.
The dissident group defined itself following the merger of a number of smaller groups, including the Real IRA.
The Real IRA were the group behind the 1998 Omagh bomb.
The group is strongest in Co. Londonderry, north and west Belfast, Strabane in Co Derry, Lurgan in Co Armagh, and pockets of Tyrone.
