Hackney shooting: girl, nine, in critical condition and three men wounded

Child seriously injured in drive-by shooting as she ate with her family at north-east London restaurant

A nine-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot and left seriously wounded by a hitman on a motorbike while she ate with her family inside a Turkish restaurant.

Witnesses told of scenes of horror and terror after shots were fired from the motorbike, which pulled up outside Evin restaurant in Dalston, north-east London, letting off a volley of at least four rounds at about 9.20pm on Wednesday.