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Imani Green, eight, shot dead in Jamaica | Imani Green, eight, shot dead 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 inside a 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 inside a 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, who is from 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 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. | |
'Reprisal shooting' | 'Reprisal shooting' |
After the shooting, Imani's sister Janella Parmer said: "We heard gunshots. We ran outside and shouted 'Imani, Imani, Imani'. | |
"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. | |
The three other victims, believed to be two women and a man, are now said to be in a stable condition in hospital. | |
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Nick Davis said Duncans was seen as a "sleepy town and a backwater". | Speaking on BBC Radio 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. | |
The Foreign Office confirmed it had been providing consular assistance and liaising with local authorities since the shooting on 11 January. | |
Peter Kellond, the British Honorary Consul for Montego Bay, said: "This is obviously a desperately sad event and we are providing consular support to the family and other relatives." | Peter Kellond, the British Honorary Consul for Montego Bay, said: "This is obviously a desperately sad event and we are providing consular support to the family and other relatives." |