Dutch neighbour opens fire in France, killing 11-year-old girl British and leaving father seriously injured.
The family was in the garden of their home in the village of Saint-Herbot near Quimper in Brittany on Saturday night when their neighbour appeared with a firearm, according to the initial investigation.
At around 10:00 pm , law enforcement officials intervened “following gunfire”, Quimper public prosecutor Carine Halley said in a statement on Sunday. The 11-year-old was found dead at the scene, while her father had sustained life-threatening injuries, according to the magistrate. The mother’s life was not deemed to be in danger and a second child was unharmed but “in a state of shock”, prosecutor Halley said.While police were still trying to determine the motive for the shooting, “it would appear that there had been a dispute between the two neighbours for several years over a plot of land adjoining the two properties”, Halley added.
A police source told AFP that the neighbour had fired his rifle through a hedge before retreating to his home with his wife.The public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation on charges of voluntary manslaughter of a minor and attempted voluntary manslaughter.
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