More than 400 people have died in hunting incidents in 20 years, according to official figures
3 December 2020
ByConnexion journalist
A hunter has been taken into custody on suspicion of manslaughter after a fatal shooting in southwest France.
Emergency services were called to woods near Calvignac, Lot, late in the afternoon on Wednesday, December 2, after a 25-year-old suffered gunshot injuries. According to reports, he was just 100m from his home at the time of the incident and was cutting wood on his property.
Investigators said that the victim, a local man, was not involved in the hunt that was taking place. Ballistics tests were due to be carried out, but police believe the shooting was a tragic accident, according to regional newspaperLa Dépêche.
The prefecture had recently authorised the hunting of deer and wild boar because “in this period, these animals are very destructive to…
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