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A schoolgirl has been shot at in a street attack which police are treating as a "racially aggravated attack". ‌

The nine-year-old victim was hit with an airgun around 1.30pm in Chakeshill Drive, Bristol. The girl was shot three times by pellets but police said she did not suffer serious injuries, although she has been left traumatised. The incident is being treated as a racially aggravated attack, and is thought to involve two people. ‌

Avon and Somerset Police are seeking a white male, aged 17-18 years old, roughly 5ft 11ins tall, with dark blonde hair and a slim face. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a distinctive blue padded coat and was riding a black electric scooter with white writing. ‌

After the girl was shot, a racial comment was made. The force

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