A 56-year-old hunter died, shot and killed during a hunting trip in the Monieux forest near Carpentras (Vaucluse), the gendarmerie told AFP on Sunday, citing an accident.
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The hunter who fired the shot was taken into custody as part of the investigation opened for “manslaughter“in order to clarify”causes of death“, specified the parquet floor of Carpentras to AFP. “The two men were hunting together, one wanted to shoot a deer and hit“The victim on the back with a shotgun, explained the gendarmerie alerted at 4:20 p.m. Sunday.
“Firefighters tried to rescueThe man was shot and still alive when the police and emergency services arrived, in vain, said the same source.