Three women have been arrested following the death of a seven-year-old girl who suffered 90 injuries, police have confirmed. The girl died in hospital on Sunday after a shooting outside a memorial service in north London on Saturday afternoon.
The Metropolitan Police said the girl sustained life-threatening injuries in the incident on Phoenix Road, near Euston station. A post-mortem examination revealed she had 90 separate injuries. A 12-year-old girl was also injured but has since been discharged from hospital.
Three women, aged 48, 54, and 41, were taken to hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, though the 48-year-old suffered a potentially life-changing injury. A 21-year-old woman also remains in hospital. The arrests were made on Sunday, but police have not yet charged anyone.
The shooting occurred outside St Aloysius Roman Catholic Church during a joint memorial service for Fresia Calderon, 50, and her daughter Sara Sanchez, 20, who died within 25 days of each other last year. Father Jeremy Trood said he had just concluded the requiem mass when shots were fired from a moving vehicle.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to contact them on 101, quoting reference 3357/14JAN. Information can also be provided anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
