A 71-year-old man, understood to be the neighbour of the family, has been arrested.
An 11-year-old British girl has been shot dead in France as she played on swings in the garden of her family home following an alleged dispute with neighbours.
The child's parents were also injured, with local media reporting her father is in critical condition. Her eight-year-old sister escaped unharmed.A spokesperson said: “We are providing consular assistance to a British family following a shooting in France and are in contact with the local authorities.”
The Intervention Group of the National Gendarmerie tactical unit, part of the French armed forces, was called to the scene and a negotiator persuaded the neighbour and his wife to give themselves up before they were arrested, the prosecutor reportedly said. The family-of-four are understood to have lived in their current home for about four or five years and the two girls were thought to have been born in France. Is has been reported that they were in a dispute with neighbours over land.
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