Schoolboy, 11, is rushed to hospital with serious injuries ‘after being shot in the woods with a shotgun’
- Sussex Police says youngster ‘suffered a serious injury to his hip’
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An 11-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after allegedly being shot in the hip with a shotgun.
The youngster was airlifted to London after the incident, which reportedly took place during a shooting party in woodland between Catsfield and Ninfield in Sussex.
Sussex Police said it received reports of an 11-year-old boy ‘who had suffered a serious injury to his hip’ shortly after 11am on Thursday.
An ambulance in woodland between Ninfield and Catsfield in East Sussex following an alleged shooting that saw an 11-year-old boy taken to hospital
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A 54-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.
Locals reported a large police presence in the woodland between the two East Sussex villages, claiming that armed officers were at the scene alongside a dog unit and ambulances.
Sussex Police said: ‘We responded to a report of an 11-year-old boy who had suffered a serious injury to his hip in woodland between Catsfield and Ninfield just after 11am on Thursday morning. He was airlifted to hospital in London.
‘The boy was with a party of adults who were shooting at the time of the incident.
‘A 54-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.’
