Tragedy: Policeman shoots a minor during hunting

He is under prosecution after, back in 2018, on the course of a hunting event, he shot an underaged propellant – reported the head of the Central Department of Investigation and Prosecution to the MTI.

Imre Keresztes, attorney general, wrote in his statement that the Regional Department of Investigation and Prosecution of Debrecen, the policeman is charged with reckless endangerment resulting from professional misconduct.

According to the indictment, the defendant took part in a joint hunt organised by a hunting organisation back in 2018 with 13 of his fellow hunters and two propellants in a ridge in Borsod.

Before the hunt started, the guide told the safety rules. On the course of the hunt hunters and propellants were moving in the same line and when they arrived on a colin covered with bushes, they were not able to maintain the line and one of the propellants – 14 years old person — on the right of the defendant fell behind. The defendant tried to shoot a rabbit running towards the propellant.

The 33-year-old policeman took a shot with his shotgun towards the direction of the steep colin covered in bushes and tall grass and ultimately shot the minor standing at a 39 metre-distance from him, dressed in a colourful hat and a visibility vest.