Girl, nine, shot in head ‘during Turkish gang war'
Attempted 'assassinations' during a long-running feud left three men seriously injured, the court was told.
A gunman on a Ducati Monster motorcycle fired six shots, hitting Kenan Aydogdu, 45, Mustafa Kiziltan, 38, and Nasser Ali, 43, as they sat outside the Evin restaurant in Dalston, east London, in May last year. The men are associated with the Hackney Turks, also known as the Bombacilar (Bombers), the court heard.
The nine-year-old, who cannot be named, was dining in the restaurant with her family when she was hit in the head by a stray bullet. Sections of her skull had to be removed and replaced with a titanium plate, and she will have physical and cognitive difficulties throughout her life.
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