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Seattle girl escapes serious injury when glasses deflect bullet

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Tue, 24 Dec, 2013 - 00:00

USA: A teenage girl avoided serious injury when her glasses deflected a bullet fired during a drive-by shooting at her Seattle home, police said.

The 16-year-old girl was asleep on her living room sofa when shots were fired from a dark-coloured sedan as it passed her house, Seattle police spokesman Detective Mark Jamieson said.

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