A nine-year-old girl, who is yet to be formally named but identified as a schoolgirl from Kerala on a day out in London with her Birmingham-based family, remains in “critical condition” in hospital after suffering a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting in east London.
The city’s Malayali community have named the victim as Lissel Maria, daughter of Vinaya and Ajeesh of Gothuruthu in Kochi. They were having a meal at a Turkish restaurant in Hackney when she was shot on Wednesday night.
“We remain in close contact with our colleagues in the National Health Service (NHS), who have been working 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,” said Met police detective chief Superintendent James Conway, local policing lead for Hackney and Tower Hamlets in London.
“The thoughts of everyone at the Met remain with the girl and her family at this unimaginably difficult time. Two other men, aged 44 and 42, are in hospital in stable condition.
