Police Officer Arrested After Speedboat Kills British Girl, 9, in Albania

Police Officer Arrested After Speedboat Kills British Girl, 9, in Albania
People take part in water sports next to the beach of Llaman, near the city of Himare in southern Albania, on Aug. 6, 2019. Gent Shkullaku/AFP via Getty Images
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An off-duty police officer has been arrested on suspicion of “negligent homicide” after a 9-year-old British girl was killed by a speedboat on a beach in Albania.

Jonada Avdia, who lived in Barking, east London, was on holiday in her parents’ home country and was swimming in the sea 15 feet from Potami Beach in the town of Himare, not far from the Greek border, on Tuesday when she was struck and fatally injured by the speedboat.

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