A nine-year-old girl from Gothuruth in Kerala’s Ernakulam was shot Wednesday in a drive-by shooting at a London restaurant.
Lissel Maria is reportedly fighting for life. She had been having dinner inside the restaurant with her family when, according to reports, the attacker on a motorbike opened fire on three men sitting outside the premises. “Lissel is the daughter of Ajeesh and Vinaya, who hails from Gothuruth.Her grandmother lives here,” said Jomy Josy, Gothuruthu ward member of Chendamangalam panchayat.
“At 9.20 last night, on Kingsland High Street in Hackney, 3 men and a 9-year-old girl were shot when a firearm was discharged from a motorbike,” detective chief superintendent James Conway said in a video posted on X for Hackney Police. Conway added: “We do not believe that the girl and the men injured were known to each other. As with any child, she was an innocent victim of the indiscriminate nature of gun crime.”
Lissel Maria is reportedly fighting for life. She had been having dinner inside the restaurant with her family when, according to reports, the attacker on a motorbike opened fire on three men sitting outside the premises. “Lissel is the daughter of Ajeesh and Vinaya, who hails from Gothuruth.Her grandmother lives here,” said Jomy Josy, Gothuruthu ward member of Chendamangalam panchayat.
“At 9.20 last night, on Kingsland High Street in Hackney, 3 men and a 9-year-old girl were shot when a firearm was discharged from a motorbike,” detective chief superintendent James Conway said in a video posted on X for Hackney Police. Conway added: “We do not believe that the girl and the men injured were known to each other. As with any child, she was an innocent victim of the indiscriminate nature of gun crime.”