Three teenagers hurt in latest London shooting

Three teenagers were injured in a shooting in a London street early yesterday, the police said, the latest young victims in a spate of gun attacks.

A gunman in a gang of men who covered their faces fired shots into a group outside a house party, Scotland Yard said in a statement.

A boy aged 13 was shot in the leg, an 18-year-old man was hit in the chest and a woman aged 18 suffered a gunshot wound to the back. Two of them have been discharged from hospital and the third is expected to be allowed to go home soon. The shooting came days after 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead in Liverpool as he walked home from football training. That attack prompted Prime Minister Gordon Brown to pledge to crack down on gang violence after a series of fatal attacks on young people this year.

At least 17 young people have been shot or stabbed to death in London this year.