A hunter shot dead during a wild boar hunt in Orne – Libération

Lost bullet and dramatic hunting party. While participating in a wild boar hunt in Ferrières-la-Verrerie, in Orne, a 44-year-old hunter was fatally shot by a bullet on Wednesday December 27, reports West France. Contacted by Releasethe Alençon public prosecutor’s office announces that it has opened an investigation into “determine the causes of death” without providing further information.

On the day of the tragedy, a hunting company from the Normandy department organized a wild boar hunt at a place called Le Bois de Cohardon. The victim, a 44-year-old farmer, wore the hat of a beater: he had to group and redirect the game, in this case wild boars, towards his fellow hunters.

An open investigation

Still according to the local newspaper, a bullet then hit the forty-year-old farmer, resident of Sainte-Gauburge, around 4:30 p.m. The tout died on the spot. After going to the scene of the fatal accident with criminal identification technicians, the Alençon public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation and entrusted it to the gendarmes of the Argentan research brigade.

According to Norman alarm clockthe organizer of the hunting party, in shock, did not wish to comment. “It’s a tragedy, we are in no condition to speak to you”, he only communicated on Wednesday evening. The investigation must now focus on determining the causes and establishing whether there was possible negligence.