The youngster was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after a gunman on a motorbike opened fire outside the Evin Turkish eatery (Picture: PA)
A nine-year-old girl who was shot while eating dinner with her family at a restaurant in Hackney is fighting for her life on a ventilator, relatives have revealed.
The youngster was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after a gunman on a motorbike opened fire outside the Evin Turkish eatery in east London on Wednesday evening.
Her grandmother told the New Indian Express: ‘The child is on the ventilator. Even after major surgery, the doctors haven’t been able to remove the bullet.
‘Another major operation is scheduled after two days. We are praying to God for her survival and full recovery.’
In an update on Wednesday, Detective Chief Superintendent James Conway told reporters: ‘We remain in close contact with our colleagues in the NHS who have worked around the clock to provide urgent care to the victims, including the young girl, who I’m very sad to say remains in a critical condition.’
He added that two men, aged 44 and 42, who were sitting outside the restaurant were also injured and taken to hospital for treatment. One may have suffered life-changing injuries.
A third man, aged 37, has since been discharged from hospital.
Scotland Yard issued an image of the motorbike used in the attack.
Photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of the motorbike used during the shooting (Picture: PA)
Police forensic officers at the scene of a shooting at Kingsland High Street, Hackney (Picture: PA)
Police said they were called to the scene at around 9.20pm on Wednesday (Picture: PA)
Mr Conway said: ‘We know that the offender fired from a motorbike at approximately 9.20pm on Wednesday evening. The bike was a Ducati Monster with a white body, red chassis and red wheels.
‘Our officers have now established that the motorbike was previously stolen in 2021 from a property in Wembley.
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‘At the time of the shooting, the bike was displaying the registration plate DP21 OXY.
‘I want to hear from anyone who might recognise it – I’m particularly keen to hear from you if you saw it on the day of the incident.’
Mr Conway described the shooting as ‘reckless’ and appealed to the Turkish and Kurdish communities in north and east London because the three men injured in the incident ‘have connections to those communities’.
He said: ‘This shocking attack will have had an element of pre-planning.
‘This means there are people out there who know something which may be crucial to our investigation.
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‘Gun crime has no place on the streets of London and this reckless act has left a young child fighting for her life.
‘We are specifically reaching out to our Turkish and Kurdish communities, particularly in north and east London, who I know are shocked and appalled by this crime.
‘This is because the three men who were shot have connections to those communities.’
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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