Poor Mojo's Newswire

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A total of 642 people were arrested. The FBI says they include 73 pimps and 518 adult prostitutes.

The operation was part of a larger, five-year initiative that has led to the recovery of 575 children and the dismantling of 36 criminal operations since June 2003.

Child prostitution has taken on a new urgency in recent years with the growth of online networks where pimps advertise the youngsters to clients. The FBI generally gets involved in child prostitution cases that cross state lines.

The boy was hit in the head after losing control of the weapon while firing it on a range on Sunday at a gun club's Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo in Massachusetts.

The boy was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," police said, calling it a "self-inflicted accidental shooting".

The victim was taken to hospital where he died. His name was not released.