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Dutch man arrested after British girl shot dead in French village

Dirk Raats, a 71-year-old Dutch man, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting at his British neighbours, killing Solaine Thornton, 11, and wounding her parents, in the village of Saint-Herbot in Brittany, north-west France.

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A British schoolgirl was shot dead and her parents injured after their reclusive neighbour objected to them tidying their garden in a picturesque Brittany hamlet, other residents have said, reports The Times.

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