A 6-year-old Auckland boy has died in a shooting in Fiji.
The boy was in Fiji with his family, who were helping to
build a home in the Lautoka suburb of Sabeto Hill when the
incident occurred yesterday evening, the FijiLive website
reported.
The boy was at the construction site with a relative who
owned the gun while his parents and other family members
inspected the house, the website said.
The boy's parents heard a gunshot and when they went to
investigate found the boy and a 14-year-old local boy injured
near a vehicle where the gun was kept.
The pair were rushed to Lautoka Hospital where younger boy
was pronounced dead on arrival.
The teen was in a critical condition.
The owner of the gun, which was licensed, was in custody for
questioning and police were also speaking to construction
workers who were at the site.
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