Girl, 9, critically injured in London shooting was 'innocent victim of gun crime', police confirmSky News
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00:00 It saddens me deeply to say that at about 9.20 last night on Kingsland High Street in Hackney,
00:08 three men and a nine-year-old girl were shot when a firearm was discharged from a motorbike.
00:16 I know that local people will be extremely concerned by this incident.
00:21 We share that concern and an urgent investigation has been launched
00:26 to identify and apprehend those responsible.
00:31 Three men aged 26, 37 and 42 who were sitting outside a restaurant
00:38 were taken to hospital for treatment for gunshot wounds.
00:42 Their conditions are stable but one potentially faces life-changing injuries.
00:49 A nine-year-old girl who was inside the restaurant having dinner with her family
00:55 suffered a gunshot wound and she remains in hospital in a critical condition.
01:03 Our thoughts are with her family and they are being supported as you would expect by specialist officers.
01:11 We do not believe that the girl and the men injured were known to each other
01:18 and as with any child she was an innocent victim of the indiscriminate nature of gun crime.