AN 11-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries tonight after being blasted by a shotgun in a Sussex woodland.
Cops said the boy was "rough shooting" with a party of adults between Catsfield and Ninfield when the horror unfolded.
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An 11-year-old has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being shot by a shotgun in Sussex Credit: Alamy
Emergency services charged to the scene at 11.08am where they found him with a potentially life-changing wound to his hip.
The youngster was then airlifted to hospital in London.
A 54-year-old man from Nottinghamshire has been arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.
A Sussex Police spokesperson said: "An 11-year-old boy was injured when a shotgun was discharged in woodland near Catsfield on Thursday morning (August 31).
"Police and ambulance paramedics were called to the scene between Catsfield and Ninfield at 11.08am.
"The boy was with a party of adults who were rough shooting at the time of the incident and suffered a serious, potentially life-changing wound to his hip.
"He was airlifted to hospital in London.
"A 54-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm."
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