Dissident republican group linked with four murders since 2011
The New IRA has been blamed for the shooting of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry.
The New IRA is the biggest of the dissident republican groups operating in Northern Ireland.
It has been linked with four murders including the shooting of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry on Thursday night.
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, and Adrian Ismay, who died in 2016 after a bomb exploded under his van outside his home in east Belfast.
It is strongest in Derry, north and west Belfast, Strabane in Co Derry, Lurgan in Co Armagh, and pockets of Tyrone.
This year the group was responsible for a car bomb outside the courthouse in Bishop Street, Derry.
The New IRA also claimed a number package bombs posted to targets in London and Glasgow in March.
