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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joseph Draper

Schoolgirl from British family shot dead in France – reports

An 11-year-old girl from a British family has been shot dead while playing on her garden swing in France, according to reports.

Solaine Thornton and her sister Celeste, eight, were in the garden during a barbecue at their home in Saint-Herbot, near Quimper, Brittany, when an elderly neighbour opened fire at them with a shotgun through a hedge, the BBC said.

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