A nine-year-old girl was in a critical condition on Thursday (30), police in London said, after a shooting the previous night at a restaurant in the east of the capital.
Three men were also shot in the attack, which took place around 9.00 pm (2000 GMT) on Wednesday (29) when a gunman fired at diners from a motorbike.
Shootings are relatively rare in the UK, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the world.
The girl -- who police have described as an "innocent victim" -- was having dinner inside the restaurant with her family when the attack took place.
The three wounded men aged 26, 37 and 42 were sitting outside the restaurant in Hackney, in the east of the capital.
"We do not believe that the girl and the men injured were known to each other," said James Conway, Detective Chief Superintendent of London's Metropolitan police.
"As with any child, she was an innocent victim of the indiscriminate nature of gun crime."
The condition of the men is stable, but one potentially faces life changing injuries, police said.
"We know Londoners will be shocked by what has taken place tonight", added Matt Ward, a Deputy Assistant Commissioner at the Met.
Gun ownership is only allowed subject to appropriate licenses, and possession of a firearm with intent to danger is an offence.
Between January 2023 and 2024, there were 199 shootings in London, according Met data.
(AFP)
Moglai Bap and Mo Chara of Kneecap perform at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury
BRITISH police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after performers at Glastonbury Festival made anti-Israel comments during their shows.
"We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon," Avon and Somerset Police, in western England, said on X late on Saturday (28).
Irish hip-hop group Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan made anti-Israeli chants in separate shows on the West Holts stage on Saturday. One of the members of Bob Vylan chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," the police statement said.
The Israeli Embassy in Britain said it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
Prime minister Keir Starmer said earlier this month it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to appear at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert in November. He has denied the charge.
A British government minister said it was appalling that the anti-Israel chants had been made at Glastonbury, and that the festival's organisers and the BBC broadcaster - which is showing the event - had questions to answer.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
"I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News.
"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said.
(Reuters)