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| Brittany: Girl from British family shot dead in France named | Brittany: Girl from British family shot dead in France named |
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| Saint-Herbot is a small village 30 miles north of Quimper | Saint-Herbot is a small village 30 miles north of Quimper |
| An 11-year-old girl from a British family who was shot dead while playing on a swing in her garden in France has been named as Solaine Thornton. | An 11-year-old girl from a British family who was shot dead while playing on a swing in her garden in France has been named as Solaine Thornton. |
| The family were having a barbecue on Saturday evening when the shooting happened in the village of Saint-Herbot, north of Quimper in Brittany. | |
| Her parents, Adrian and Rachel Thornton, were also hurt and are in hospital. | Her parents, Adrian and Rachel Thornton, were also hurt and are in hospital. |
| Her father suffered serious injuries, local media reported. | Her father suffered serious injuries, local media reported. |
| The family were named by the mayor of the commune where the family lived, Marguerite Bleuzen. | |
| The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was providing assistance to a British family. | |
| The girl and her eight-year-old sister were playing on a swing as their parents tended the barbecue, when a neighbour began firing at them with a shotgun through a hedge. | The girl and her eight-year-old sister were playing on a swing as their parents tended the barbecue, when a neighbour began firing at them with a shotgun through a hedge. |
| The younger girl ran to another neighbour's house to raise the alarm and is now said to be in shock. | The younger girl ran to another neighbour's house to raise the alarm and is now said to be in shock. |
| A local resident told French media that the younger child ran to neighbours shouting: "My sister is dead, my sister is dead". | A local resident told French media that the younger child ran to neighbours shouting: "My sister is dead, my sister is dead". |
| The suspect, described as a 71-year-old Dutch national, reportedly shut himself in his house following the incident but eventually surrendered to police and was arrested along with his wife. | The suspect, described as a 71-year-old Dutch national, reportedly shut himself in his house following the incident but eventually surrendered to police and was arrested along with his wife. |
| Locals said the man was something of a recluse who was in dispute with the British family over a plot of land adjoining the two properties. | Locals said the man was something of a recluse who was in dispute with the British family over a plot of land adjoining the two properties. |
| Local media reported that the family had lived in the village for several years. | Local media reported that the family had lived in the village for several years. |
| Prosecutor Carine Halley said the circumstances around the incident were not yet known. | Prosecutor Carine Halley said the circumstances around the incident were not yet known. |
| Ms Bleuzen, the mayor of Plonévez-du-Faou commune, said: "We knew the family well. There is a village fête every year and they always came. | Ms Bleuzen, the mayor of Plonévez-du-Faou commune, said: "We knew the family well. There is a village fête every year and they always came. |
| "It is incomprehensible to have shot a child. No one can understand how that could have happened." | |
| Regine Guillot, the secretary of the Plonevez-du-Faou town hall, said the village "is in shock". | |
| "There were neighbourhood issues, yes, a hedge, a field, but nothing more than that, not that we were aware of," Guillot told Reuters. | |
| A spokeswoman for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: "We are providing consular assistance to a British family following a shooting in France and are in contact with the local authorities." | A spokeswoman for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: "We are providing consular assistance to a British family following a shooting in France and are in contact with the local authorities." |
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| France | France |