THE Department of Health (DOH) has contradicted a report of the Malabon City (Metro Manila) Police that a 15-year-old girl was a shooting victim and that she was not hit by a stray bullet during the New Year revelry.

Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial on Monday insisted that Emilyn Villanueva, from Malabon City, who is still in critical condition at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila, was hit in the head by a stray bullet.

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