A hunting accident injured one person this Sunday, in Chanat-la-Mouteyre (Puy-de-Dôme).

A 76-year-old hunter was shot and seriously injured in the arm, reports

La Montagne

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His days would not be in danger.

But according to information from France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes collected from the Clermont-Ferrand prosecutor's office, his arm could be amputated.

The shooter thought he was aiming for a wild boar

The shooter is believed to be the victim's 72-year-old brother.

The two men were hunting wild boar at the time.

"The victim was in a thicket, the thicket moved and the hunter fired thinking it was an animal," the prosecutor's office told the regional daily.

An investigation has been opened for unintentional injuries.

It was entrusted to the gendarmes of Chamalières and the French Office for Biodiversity was also seized.

The shooter had his hunting license withdrawn and his weapon seized but he had not been taken into custody on Tuesday.

The tests he underwent revealed no trace of alcohol in his system.

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  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

  • Auvergne

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  • Hunters

  • Accident