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| UK girl, eight, shot and killed in Jamaica | UK girl, eight, shot and killed in Jamaica |
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| An eight-year-old girl from London has been shot dead while on holiday in Jamaica. | An eight-year-old girl from London has been shot dead while on holiday in Jamaica. |
| Imani Green was in her cousin's shop in the rural north coast town of Duncans when a man entered the store on Friday and an argument broke out. | Imani Green was in her cousin's shop in the rural north coast town of Duncans when a man entered the store on Friday and an argument broke out. |
| Police said the man then opened fire, shooting at people inside. | Police said the man then opened fire, shooting at people inside. |
| Imani, whose family live in Balham, south London, was hit and died later in hospital. Three other people are being treated for their injuries. | Imani, whose family live in Balham, south London, was hit and died later in hospital. Three other people are being treated for their injuries. |
| The BBC's Nick Davis in Kingston said Imani and her mother and sister had been staying with relatives in Duncans. | The BBC's Nick Davis in Kingston said Imani and her mother and sister had been staying with relatives in Duncans. |
| They had arrived on the island on 27 December and are thought to have been planning to return to the UK at the end of the month. | They had arrived on the island on 27 December and are thought to have been planning to return to the UK at the end of the month. |
| At about 20:30 GMT on Friday a man walked into the store which is owned by the girl's cousin and opened fire. | At about 20:30 GMT on Friday a man walked into the store which is owned by the girl's cousin and opened fire. |
| 'Reprisal shooting' | |
| Her sister, Jenelle Palmer, said: "I picked her up off the ground and realised she was still breathing. | Her sister, Jenelle Palmer, said: "I picked her up off the ground and realised she was still breathing. |
| "I flagged down a car and they drove us to hospital." | "I flagged down a car and they drove us to hospital." |
| Imani is understood to have been hit twice, once in the head, and died later in hospital. | Imani is understood to have been hit twice, once in the head, and died later in hospital. |
| The three others, believed to be two women and a man, are now said to be in a stable condition in hospital. | |
| Speaking on 5 live, Nick Davis said Duncans was seen as a "sleepy town and a backwater". | Speaking on 5 live, Nick Davis said Duncans was seen as a "sleepy town and a backwater". |
| The shooting had "really come as a shock to that local community, crime is pretty much unheard of", he said. | The shooting had "really come as a shock to that local community, crime is pretty much unheard of", he said. |
| The area also recorded the second lowest figure for murder in Jamaica last year, he added. | The area also recorded the second lowest figure for murder in Jamaica last year, he added. |
| Police said there were a number of lines of inquiry but one theory was that the shooting was in reprisal for an earlier gun attack but no further details of this incident have been revealed. | Police said there were a number of lines of inquiry but one theory was that the shooting was in reprisal for an earlier gun attack but no further details of this incident have been revealed. |
| The Foreign Office has confirmed it has been providing consular assistance and liaising with local authorities since the shooting on 11 January. | The Foreign Office has confirmed it has been providing consular assistance and liaising with local authorities since the shooting on 11 January. |