Salagou lake (Illustration) - LODI Franck / SIPA

The video, published two weeks ago on Facebook by a fishing enthusiast, has been viewed more than 160,000 times: we see a hunter, shooting several times on a wild boar, which swims in the waters of Lake Salagou, a nautical base very popular with walkers and bathers, in Hérault.

"I will no longer go to the lake as calm as usual," comments this amateur underwater images, whose video is visible here.

A complaint has been made

"There are people on the other side! Alarms a witness on the video, while the hunter tries to reach his target. "And then, I shoot in the water," replies the hunter.

Contacted by 20 Minutes , the gendarmerie services confirm that a complaint has been made. Witnesses were heard. An accused person was interviewed.

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