An 11-year-old girl has been killed by her neighbour after a row had been going on for several years over a plot of land. ‘It's incomprehensible to have shot a child. No one can understand how that could have happened.'
A British schoolgirl was playing on the swings at a family barbecue inSolenne Thornon, 11, was killed and her father Adrien, 52, was ‘hit in the head’ and critically injured in the bloodbath that unfolded at their home in Brittany on Saturday evening.
Her mum, Rachel, 49, was also injured in the shooting, while her eight-year-old sister Celeste managed to escape and raise the alarm. The suspected gunman is reported to be a 71-year-old neighbour who was arrested along with his wife in the hamlet of Saint-Herbot, near Quimper. It is alleged a row between the neighbours had been going on for several years over a plot of land near their properties.Local resident Yannick told Le Télégramme de Brest: ‘We heard the bangs and we thought it was children playing with bangers.The gunman was said to be wielding a rifle when he opened fire
Marguerite Bleuzen, Mayor of Plonévez-du-Faou, which covers Saint-Herbot, said there had been ‘some trouble with a neighbour dispute’ since at least 2020.
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