Turkish gangs are fighting what a judge called a 'medieval turf war' in an area Tatler hailed as London's new King's Road By Paul Bracchi Published: 22:01, 7 June 2024 | Updated: 22:26, 7 June 2024 e-mail Only the most ruthless criminal would point a gun at a crowded restaurant from the saddle of a Ducati motorbike and pull the trigger, not once, not twice, but five times. This, though, is what happened in the heart of supposedly gentrified Hackney last week. Three of the bullets found the intended target, and the two associates who were with him, seated at a table outside the popular Evin bistro on bustling Kingsland Road.
But one of the stray bullets, which shattered the glass frontage, ended up in the head of a nine-year-old girl. 'She was sitting over there with her parents,' said the still shocked proprietor, Gazi Degirmenci, pointing to a corner of the dining area near the window where she was shot. 'I heard a noise like the tyre of a car had punctured and, when I turned round, I saw the little girl lying on the floor.
I can't forget that moment.' Only the most ruthless criminal would point a gun at a crowded restaurant from the saddle of a Ducati motorbike and pull the trigger, not once, not twice, but five times. This, though, is what happened in the heart of supposedly gentrified Hackney last week Three of the bullets found the intended target, and the two associates who were with him, seated at a table outside the popular Evin bistro on bustling Kingsland Road.
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