Suspects fired a shotgun from a moving car at mourners gathered outside a church in north London, police have said.
Superintendent Jack Rowlands of the Metropolitan Police described the shooting as a"senseless act of violence" and said officers were looking for a 2019 model black Toyota.after the drive-by shooting near a memorial site for a young woman who died of cancer.
A seven-year-old girl is in a stable but life-threatening condition in hospital. A 48-year-old woman also suffered potentially life-changing injuries. Witnesses described how the attack sent people running and screaming from St Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Euston, central London, on Saturday afternoon.
The seven-year-old girl, another aged 12 and four women, aged 21, 41, 48 and 54, were taken to hospital after the incident at around 1.30pm. It happened as a requiem mass for 20-year-old Sara Sanchez and her mother, Fresia Calderon, who died within a month of one another in November, took place inside the church in Phoenix Road.
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