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Teenage woman killed in Co Derry shooting

The PSNI arrested a man a short time after the incident
The PSNI arrested a man a short time after the incident

An 18-year-old woman has been shot dead and her sister seriously injured in a shooting incident in Bellaghy, Co Derry.

Police said the incident happened at a house at William Court in Bellaghy, near Magherafelt, at around 10.30am.

The deceased's sister, aged in her early 20s, lives at the rented house.

A 26-year-old man was arrested a short time later on suspicion of murder.

A man and a woman, both 28, were later arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

All three were detained in the Toome area of Co Antrim.