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| Four held after gunfight killing | Four held after gunfight killing |
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| Police are questioning four people about a gunfight in which a 26-year-old bystander was shot dead. | Police are questioning four people about a gunfight in which a 26-year-old bystander was shot dead. |
| Magda Pniewska, a Polish national, was caught in the cross-fire between two gunmen in New Cross, south London, as she walked home on Tuesday evening. | Magda Pniewska, a Polish national, was caught in the cross-fire between two gunmen in New Cross, south London, as she walked home on Tuesday evening. |
| Three men and a woman were arrested and a red Volkswagen Polo car recovered. | Three men and a woman were arrested and a red Volkswagen Polo car recovered. |
| BBC London has learnt Ms Pniewska, a care worker, was speaking to her sister in Poland when she was shot. She died from a single bullet to her head. | BBC London has learnt Ms Pniewska, a care worker, was speaking to her sister in Poland when she was shot. She died from a single bullet to her head. |
| No weapon has been found but police are scouring CCTV footage in the hope the gunmen were caught on camera. | No weapon has been found but police are scouring CCTV footage in the hope the gunmen were caught on camera. |
| Ms Pniewska was found fatally injured outside Stunnel House in John Williams Close, near her home. | Ms Pniewska was found fatally injured outside Stunnel House in John Williams Close, near her home. |
| She arrived from Poland four years ago and had been living with her boyfriend while working as an activities co-ordinator at the nearby Bupa-run Manley Court nursing centre. | She arrived from Poland four years ago and had been living with her boyfriend while working as an activities co-ordinator at the nearby Bupa-run Manley Court nursing centre. |
| Police are investigating whether the shooting was linked to drug dealing on John Williams Close. | Police are investigating whether the shooting was linked to drug dealing on John Williams Close. |
| Witnesses said up to five shots had been fired in quick succession. | Witnesses said up to five shots had been fired in quick succession. |
| Det Ch Insp Tony Boughton said Miss Pniewska was "an innocent woman caught in the cross-fire". | Det Ch Insp Tony Boughton said Miss Pniewska was "an innocent woman caught in the cross-fire". |
| He believed shots were exchanged between a man in a parked red Volkswagen Polo and another man standing at the top of some nearby steps. | He believed shots were exchanged between a man in a parked red Volkswagen Polo and another man standing at the top of some nearby steps. |
| He said: "Miss Pniewska was making her way home and this would have been a normal route across the car park, up the steps and home. | He said: "Miss Pniewska was making her way home and this would have been a normal route across the car park, up the steps and home. |
| "She had finished work and had got caught up in the cross-fire." | "She had finished work and had got caught up in the cross-fire." |
| Mr Boughton said the red Volkswagen Polo was later found abandoned about one-and-a-half miles from the scene. | Mr Boughton said the red Volkswagen Polo was later found abandoned about one-and-a-half miles from the scene. |
| Mayor outraged | Mayor outraged |
| He had no details of its condition, but said it was undergoing tests by forensic scientists. | He had no details of its condition, but said it was undergoing tests by forensic scientists. |
| London mayor Ken Livingstone has called for replica guns to be made illegal following the shooting. | London mayor Ken Livingstone has called for replica guns to be made illegal following the shooting. |
| "I feel absolute outrage, because nobody in London should be carrying guns," he told BBC London. | "I feel absolute outrage, because nobody in London should be carrying guns," he told BBC London. |
| "And now almost half the gun crime in London is people who've bought a quite legal replica gun and spent an afternoon making adjustments that allow them to fire. | "And now almost half the gun crime in London is people who've bought a quite legal replica gun and spent an afternoon making adjustments that allow them to fire. |
| "I just think to be absolutely clear, all these should now be banned." | "I just think to be absolutely clear, all these should now be banned." |