Gun accident while catching wild boar...A colleague in his 50s was shot seriously.

Police have launched an investigation into an accident in which a colleague was seriously injured after being shot by a foliage during a rescue operation for harmful wildlife.

The Gangwon Hoengseong Police Station is investigating a 65-year-old man A on charges of shooting a fellow man in his 50s thigh while hunting wild boar in a hill near the village hall in Hoengseong-eup, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do, at around 8:50 p.m. on the 27th.

The victim was seriously injured and is being treated at a hospital.

Mr. A told the police that his colleague's ugly picture jumped toward the wild boar and caused an accident.