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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

British girl, 11, shot dead in family’s garden in western France

Saint-Herbot, Finistére.
The village of Saint-Herbot, where the girl was shot dead. Photograph: Alamy

An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead as she played on swings in the garden of her family home in a village in western France on Saturday.

The girl’s father and mother were also injured in the attack in the village of Saint-Herbot in Brittany while her eight-year-old sister escaped unhurt.

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