January 14, 2023, 22:21 PM
January 14, 2023, 22:21 PM
A seven-year-old girl was left in critical condition. at a hospital after a shooting on Saturday at a Catholic church in London left five others injured, police said.
The faithful, who were participating in a mass in honor of a woman and her daughter who died in November, they fled from the Catholic temple amid screams as the shots began.
Initial investigations indicate that lthe shots were firedhos from a moving vehicle that subsequently drove away from the site,” London police said in a statement.
The priest leading the service, Jeremy Trood, told the PA news agency that it was a mass for Sara Sánchez, 20, and her mother, who died in November.
The young woman died of leukemia and her mother died shortly after from a blood clot upon arriving at London’s Heathrow airport from Colombia, the MyLondon news site reported. At the moment the nationality was not reported.
“I heard a powerful explosion and thought that this was not normal, and the next minute everyone was screaming,” a neighbor told PA.
In addition to the seven-year-old girl, four women and another 12-year-old girl were injured in the incident near Euston railway station.
The other minor left the hospital after being treated for a small leg injury.
