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An eight-year-old British girl has been shot dead while on holiday in Jamaica. An eight-year-old British girl has been shot dead while on a family holiday in Jamaica.
Reports have named the schoolgirl as Imani Green, who was killed in the town of Duncans on Friday night. Imani Green, from Balham in south London, was with relatives in a cafe in the north coast town of Duncans on Friday evening when an armed man entered and opened fire following an argument.
Imani, from Balham, south London, is understood to have died after being shot twice, including once in the head, in what may have been a revenge attack, several media outlets reported. Imani, who had been on the island since 27 December, was shot twice – once in the head – and died on the way to hospital.
The young girl was with relatives at a cafe owned by her cousin when a gunman entered and opened fire following an argument. Three other people injured in the shooting were taken to hospital but are thought to be in a stable condition.
Three others were injured in the shooting and taken to hospital for treatment but thought to be in a stable condition. Imani's sister, Janella Parmer, told the BBC: "We heard gunshots. We ran outside and shouted 'Imani! Imani! Imani!'
Imani's sister, Janella Parmer, told the BBC: "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. The rest is history."
"I picked her up off the ground and realised she was still breathing. I flagged down a car and they drove us to hospital."
Imani's grandmother Sandra Fisher, told the Sun newspaper: "We found her in a pool of blood. It was horrible."
Police told the BBC that there are a number of lines of inquiry, but one theory is that the shooting was in reprisal for an earlier gun attack.Police told the BBC that there are a number of lines of inquiry, but one theory is that the shooting was in reprisal for an earlier gun attack.
Imani arrived on the island with her mother shortly before New Year to stay with relatives. The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national in Jamaica on Friday 11 January, and said it was providing consular assistance to the family.
The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national in Jamaica on Friday 11 January and said it is providing consular assistance to the family. Nick Davis, a BBC correspondent in Kingston, said Imani and her mother and sister had been staying with relatives in Duncans and were thought to have been planning to return to the UK at the end of this month.
He described Duncans as "a sleepy town and a backwater", adding that the shooting had "really come as a shock to that local community, [where] crime is pretty much unheard of".
Davis also said that the area had the second lowest murder rate in Jamaica last year.
Peter Kellond, the British honorary consul for Montego Bay, told the BBC: "This is obviously a desperately sad event and we are providing consular support to the family and other relatives."
The country's national security minister, Peter Bunting, told the Jamaica Gleaner: "The senseless killing of a young, innocent child must outrage all well-thinking Jamaicans, and cause us to join our security forces in an intensified effort to rid our communities of criminals."