The young woman died on Saturday afternoon while she was walking with her companion in a town near Aurillac, mortally wounded by a gunshot during a wild boar beat.

The public prosecutor in Aurillac, Paolo Giambisi, told AFP that the author of the shot, a 17-year-old young woman, was placed in custody on Sunday morning on the charge of manslaughter.

Tested negative for narcotics and alcohol, she was hospitalized on Saturday in shock.

"A young woman died because she was hit by a bullet during an afternoon of hunting. Thoughts of her loved ones. We need more regulation of this activity, it is urgent!", Insisted as soon as on Saturday the environmental candidate for the presidential election, Yannick Jadot.

"Ban on hunting on weekends and school holidays, at least," added Sandrine Rousseau, finalist in the environmental primary.

"How many more deaths before we decide to regulate hunting, a dangerous and inhuman practice? At the very least, let's ban hunting on weekends and school holidays now!", Added David Belliard, EELV deputy to the mayor of Paris and socialist presidential candidate, Anne Hidalgo.

Side rebellious France also, it is estimated that it is necessary to prohibit hunting on weekends.

"The tragedies are multiplying. The forest must belong on the weekend to hikers, walkers. Five days of the week are enough to go hunting. We must no longer go to the forest with fear in our stomachs", underlined the MEP Manon Aubry Sunday on RMC.

The Secretary of State for Biodiversity, Bérangère Abba, deplored an "unbearable and unacceptable tragedy" and promised that "decisions will follow, so that never again".

"An accident is one accident too many. For 20 years, every 10 years, the number of victims has been halved. We must continue: the objective is zero victims", reacted the spokesperson of the National Rally, Laurent Jacobelli, on France info.

Hunting regularly comes up in political debate in France, a European country with the most hunters ahead of Spain and Italy, with 1.2 million active, out of some four million with a permit.

France is also the only European country allowing hunting every day during the season, while Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal have established one or more non-hunting days.

A petition calling for a ban on hunting on Wednesdays and Sundays had collected more than 120,000 signatures last fall and prompted the Senate to create a commission on security.

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