An 11-year-old girl from a British family who was shot while playing on a swing in her garden in France has been identified as Solene Thornton.
A family was sitting at a barbecue on Saturday night when shootings broke out in the village of Saint-Servault, north of Quimper in Brittany.
Her parents, Adrian Thornton, and Rachel Thornton, were also injured and hospitalized.
...According to local media, her father was seriously injured.
The family was named by Marguerite Brusen, mayor of the municipality where the family lived.
The UK Foreign and Federal Development Office (FCDO) has announced that it is providing assistance to British families.
A little girl and her 8-year-old sister were playing on a swing while their parents tended a barbecue when neighbors started firing shotguns through a hedge.
A young girl ran into another neighbor's house to sound the alarm and said she was in shock.
Locals told French media that the young child ran to his neighbors and shouted, "My sister is dead, my sister is dead." He was at his home after the incident, but eventually turned himself in to police and was arrested along with his wife.
According to locals, the man was a hermit who got into an argument with an English family over two adjacent plots of land.
Local media reported that the family had lived in the village for several years.
Prosecutor Karine Halley said the circumstances of the case were not yet known.
Ms. Brusen, mayor of Proneve du Fou, said: There was a village festival every year, and they always came. ”
"I don't understand that you shot a child. No one understands how this happened." in a state," he said.
"Yes, there were problems in the neighborhood, such as hedges and fields, but nothing more and we were not aware of it," Guillot told Reuters.
A spokesman for the UK Department for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development said: "We are providing consular assistance to British families following the shootings in France and are in contact with local authorities."
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A family was sitting at a barbecue on Saturday night when shootings broke out in the village of Saint-Servault, north of Quimper in Brittany.
Her parents, Adrian Thornton, and Rachel Thornton, were also injured and hospitalized.
...According to local media, her father was seriously injured.
The family was named by Marguerite Brusen, mayor of the municipality where the family lived.
The UK Foreign and Federal Development Office (FCDO) has announced that it is providing assistance to British families.
A little girl and her 8-year-old sister were playing on a swing while their parents tended a barbecue when neighbors started firing shotguns through a hedge.
A young girl ran into another neighbor's house to sound the alarm and said she was in shock.
Locals told French media that the young child ran to his neighbors and shouted, "My sister is dead, my sister is dead." He was at his home after the incident, but eventually turned himself in to police and was arrested along with his wife.
According to locals, the man was a hermit who got into an argument with an English family over two adjacent plots of land.
Local media reported that the family had lived in the village for several years.
Prosecutor Karine Halley said the circumstances of the case were not yet known.
Ms. Brusen, mayor of Proneve du Fou, said: There was a village festival every year, and they always came. ”
"I don't understand that you shot a child. No one understands how this happened." in a state," he said.
"Yes, there were problems in the neighborhood, such as hedges and fields, but nothing more and we were not aware of it," Guillot told Reuters.
A spokesman for the UK Department for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development said: "We are providing consular assistance to British families following the shootings in France and are in contact with local authorities."
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