KOTA KINABALU: Two people were killed while a man was injured after they were accidentally shot during two separate hunting trips.

In the first case, a man was shot dead in a forest near Kg Rampayan Ulu Kota Belud.

He and his friend had gone hunting at about 2pm on March 31, said Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass.

Along the way, they spotted hoof prints which they believed were those of a deer.

“So they parted ways with the victim heading down a hill and the friend remaining on higher ground, ” he said.

Not long after that, the friend on higher ground fired a shot towards what he thought was an animal. There was a scream and it turned out to be his hunting partner.

“The victim, in his late 30s, was still conscious at that time. The suspect…