An 82-year-old hunter died Thursday afternoon after being hit by accidental shooting during a hunting trip on private property in Tourc'h, Finistère, we learned from the gendarmerie.
The author of the shooting, aged about fifty, was taken into custody, according to the same source, confirming information from the radio France Bleu Breizh Izel.
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The shooter hit the octogenarian while he was on the other side of a pond.
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They hunted game on private land,
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An investigation was opened and entrusted to the gendarmerie.