A 67-year-old woman has died from being shot in the chest by a hunting companion while on a wild boar hunt in the Goudelin area of France.
The woman was taken to a hospital in Saint-Brieuc in Brittany where she died around midday despite the intervention of the emergency services, said Prosecutor Nicolas Heitz.
“The hunters were advancing through a field of corn silage when one of them, a 69-year-old man, in circumstances yet to be determined, fired with his shoulder-mounted rifle, barrel pointing towards the back,” said the prosecutor's office in a press release cited by local media.
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The man who shot the rifle has been taken into custody and an investigation has been launched.
Initial tests show the shooter was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.
