UK police arrest man for murder after girl, 9, shot dead

LIVERPOOL, Aug 26 (AFP): British police on Friday said they had arrested a 36-year-old man for shooting dead a nine-year-old girl in the crossfire of a suspected gang war.

The young girl's death-the third fatal shooting in the city in a week- has led to calls for greater action to tackle gun crime.

Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed on Monday night when the shooter's intended target burst into her home in Liverpool to try to escape his attacker.

Merseyside Police, which appealed to the criminal underworld to give up the gunman, said the arrested man was detained on suspicion of murder.