A woman was shot and killed in a wild boar hunting accident in the Goudelin region of northern France yesterday.

(AFP)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Wild boar hunting is prevalent in the Goudelin region of northern France, but a tragedy occurred yesterday. A 69-year-old man crossed a cornfield with a rifle on his shoulder. It was suspected that the gun accidentally went off, causing the rear companion 67 British woman shot to death.

"It was a dramatic accident," local prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said, according to The Guardian, when a 69-year-old man carried a rifle on his shoulder with the barrel pointed back as more than a dozen hunters were walking through a cornfield. , A 67-year-old woman in the rear was accidentally hit by a gun accident.

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The 67-year-old woman was shot through the top of her heart and died at noon after being rushed to the hospital, Heitz said.

The 69-year-old man was detained immediately, and the possibility of drug use and intoxication was initially ruled out. The whole case will be investigated in the direction of manslaughter.

In addition, wild boar hunting in France has also had many accidents in the past. In February this year, a 25-year-old woman was accidentally hit by a stray bullet while hiking with her friends in the forest and died on the spot. The investigation found that the incident was related to a teenage hunter. .