Teenage girl accidentally shot at all-night party

A 16-YEAR-OLD Limerick girl miraculously escaped death yesterday when she was accidentally shot by friends doing target practice with a powerful handgun at an all-night house party.

Tue, 29 Aug, 2006 - 01:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Gardaí said the bullet which hit the girl was discharged from a semi-automatic weapon.

The incident happened in Ballinacurra Weston at around 5.30am yesterday.

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