She was playing with a loaded gun.
A four-year-old girl shot her 18-month-old brother, without seriously injuring him, near Saulieu (Côte d'Or), we learned from the prosecution on Friday.
The little girl was handling a small caliber weapon on Thursday when the shot was fired, hitting her brother but not seriously.
The baby did not lose consciousness, the same source said, confirming information from the regional daily Le Bien Public.
Parents' recklessness?
An investigation "in search of the causes of injury" was opened.
Its purpose will be to determine whether the accident was due to carelessness on the part of the parents and whether the weapon was legally detained, according to the prosecution.
"I do not wish to communicate more on this matter and will do so only if the criminal responsibility of an adult were to be engaged.
», Explains to the Parisian the prosecutor of the Republic of Dijon Olivier Caracotch.