At Least Six People Injured in Shooting Outside London Church – Police
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The number of people injured in the shooting that occurred near a church in London on Saturday has gone up to six, London’s Metropolitan Police says. On Saturday, the police said in a statement that four people – a seven-year-old child and three women, aged 48, 54 and 41 – were injured in a shooting that took place outside a church where a funeral service was taking place. “We have now confirmed that six people were injured in a shooting in Phoenix Road, NW1 earlier this afternoon. Among them is a seven-year-old girl who is in a life-threatening condition in hospital,” the Metropolitan Police said in a later update on Twitter. According to the preliminary police investigation, shots were fired near the church from a moving vehicle that drove away from the scene. No arrests have been made so far and the investigation continues.