They arrest a 22-year-old man after shooting himself in the penis with a pistol without having a weapons license

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has been arrested in Novelda (Alicante) after

while handling a gun, forcing him to undergo

at the Elda hospital, where it took four hours to rebuild the member.

Sources close to the investigation have reported that the Civil Guard has arrested the young man for handling the pistol, which was modified, without having the corresponding weapons permit, in an event that occurred on October 23 but for which he has not could be detained until he has left the hospital, after which he has been provisionally released once he has been brought to justice.

The Civil Guard has reported that the inquiries began at dawn on October 23 due to a shot on a public road in Novelda, where a young man who was driving in a vehicle, accompanied by another of the same age, had been injured.

Having carried out the investigations, the armed institute has highlighted that the wounded man himself carried the weapon

and caused the injuries because he was accidentally shot, although he does not know why he had the weapon.

The Judicial Police of the Civil Guard of Novelda arrested the two young men as alleged perpetrators of a

and they were placed at the disposal of the Investigating Court number 4 of Novelda that hears the case.

According to the newspaper 'Informacion', the young man would have shot himself in the penis while driving in a car through Novelda and upon noticing the presence of several Local Police patrols, at which time he would have put the gun inside his underpants and I would have accidentally pulled the trigger.

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