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Police arrest nine over fatal shooting of bystanders in north London | Police arrest nine over fatal shooting of bystanders in north London |
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Police detectives have arrested nine people, including two teenage boys, in connection with the shooting of two likely innocent bystanders in north London last week. | Police detectives have arrested nine people, including two teenage boys, in connection with the shooting of two likely innocent bystanders in north London last week. |
Scotland Yard said six people were detained at Gatwick airport on Tuesday following the incident in Wood Green on Friday night. | Scotland Yard said six people were detained at Gatwick airport on Tuesday following the incident in Wood Green on Friday night. |
Father-of-two Erdoğan Güzel was killed in the shooting and pronounced dead at the scene and a woman was seriously injured. | |
Two 16-year-old boys, two men aged 20 and 25, and two women aged 21 and 61 were arrested at Gatwick on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. | Two 16-year-old boys, two men aged 20 and 25, and two women aged 21 and 61 were arrested at Gatwick on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. |
Three other men aged 23, 26 and 55 were arrested at an address in Hornsey, north London, on suspicion of murder. They remain in custody. | Three other men aged 23, 26 and 55 were arrested at an address in Hornsey, north London, on suspicion of murder. They remain in custody. |
Police believe the two victims were not the intended targets and were probably innocent bystanders who were not known to each other. | |
The incident happened just outside Brothers Bakery in Lordship Lane, where Güzel would often sit, witnesses said. A friend, who asked not to be named, said: “He was always on this street, he lived nearby … He was a good guy.” | |
He said Güzel had two children, a son and a daughter aged around 15 and 16, who were on holiday in Turkey at the time of the shooting. | He said Güzel had two children, a son and a daughter aged around 15 and 16, who were on holiday in Turkey at the time of the shooting. |