China girl, 11, suffers from shrapnel in body after being shot by neighbour, family seeks fresh probe eight years later


The family of an 11-year-old girl in China who lives with shotgun shrapnel embedded in her body has asked the police to reopen the investigation into the “accidental” shooting.

Eight years ago, while just a toddler, the girl, known as Xiaotong, from Yunnan province in the southwest of the country, was shot by a neighbour, according to the news outlet New Yellow River.

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