Terrible hunting tragedy

A teenage boy and his father were found dead in hunting tragedy in which the boy accidentally shot his father after slipping on leaves then committed suicide in the latest hunting death to blight France.

The father and son had been out hunting on Saturday afternoon in Sourribes in the Alpes-de-Haute Provence when the boy slipped on leaves, accidentally pulling the trigger, police said. The bullet struck his 42-year-old father in the legs.

The distraught teenager then called contacted a family member who alerted emergency services, but the father succumbed to the injuries after haemorrhaging and died before paramedics arrived.

When he realised had had killed his father, the boy then committed suicide next to his body.

“It’s a hunting accident caused unintentionally by the boy who, realising the irreversible consequences [of his action], turned the weapon on himself and killed himself,” said prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger, calling the incident a “very sad tragedy”.

Val says  What is a 14 year old doing wandering around with a rifle?
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You need to be at least 15 years old to hunt accompanied,”  Even then, you require a special training to receive a permit from the national hunting and nature office, ONCFS.

This report one again from Henry Samuel writing for the Telegraph from Paris
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