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French four-year old injures father with hunting rifle

By AFP
October 01, 2024
A Heckler & Koch assault rifle G95/HK416. — Reuters/file
A Heckler & Koch assault rifle G95/HK416. — Reuters/file 

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France: A four-year old in France has accidentally fired a hunting rifle at his father, causing a serious foot injury, a police source told AFP on Monday.

The accident occurred in Cournon d´Auvergne, a town in central France, on Sunday. The young boy was in a car with his father during a hunting session when they stopped to talk with friends who were also out hunting, the police source said. “The child fired one of the hunters´ rifles and injured his father in the foot,” the police source said, adding that the exact circumstances of the accident were still not clear.