Her companion was taken into custody and an investigation has been launched.(Representational)
Rennes:
A British girl died after being shot by her companion throughout a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”.
The 67-year-old was wounded “above the center” and brought to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, the place she died round noon, prosecutor Nicolas Heitz stated.
Her 69-year-old companion was taken into custody and a manslaughter investigation has been launched.
Whereas the precise circumstances of the capturing have been nonetheless to be established, checks on the shooter had already established that he not inebriated or medicine, stated Heitz.
The looking celebration had been crossing a subject within the Goudelin space, and included round a dozen hunters and two visitors, the prosecutor stated.
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