A 10-year-old boy has allegedly accidentally killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s gun.
The unfortunate incident happened at
riverside town of Otuan in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
when the father of the deceased and his grandfather who owned the gun, were out
of town.
An anonymous source who spoke to Vanguard
said the sister of the deceased sent her brother to get a cutlass from their
father’s room to split open a bush mango.
However, his friend, who joined in getting
the cutlass, stumbled on the gun where it was hidden.
On seeing the gun, he picked it up and aimed
it at the deceased.
“As the deceased shouted at the friend to
drop the gun, it fired and hit him.
“The fatally injured boy was rushed to a
nearby chemist in the community, accompanied by his heartbroken friend who was
wailing when somebody whispered to him to run for his life,” the source said.
Meanwhile, spokesman of the State police
command, Asinim Butswat, when contacted said: “It has not been reported to the
police, but we will find out if such an incident happened.”
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