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  • From: Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: [monkeywire] Hunter shoots man after mistaking him for monkey
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:04:41 -0500

Hunter shoots man after mistaking him for monkey

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030729p2a00m0dm009000c.html


KOCHI -- A Kochi Prefecture resident suffered head injuries here early Tuesday after a hunter mistook him for a monkey and shot him, police said.

The resident, Hiroshi Tokorotani, 59, was hit with shotgun pellets in the left side of his head and his left check in the incident that occurred in the Kochi Prefecture district of Sukumo at about 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, police said. His injuries are not life-threatening.

Police said they were questioning Takao Akitsuki, 64, the hunter who accidentally shot Tokorotani, on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury.

Investigators said Akitsuki had been out killing monkeys and wild boar in the area that morning after being requested to do so by Sukumo officials.

When he caught a glimpse of Tokorotani putting up a net to keep out harmful animals near his residence, he reportedly mistook him for a monkey and fired a shotgun blast.

"I saw a black object moving in the thicket, and it moved toward the mountains, so I thought it was a monkey," Akitsuki was quoted as telling police. (Wire reports, Japan, July 29, 2003)




  • [monkeywire] Hunter shoots man after mistaking him for monkey, Carrie McLaren, 07/30/2003

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