15-year-old Indian boy shoots himself in head taking selfie with father’s gun
He is expected to survive the incident
An Indian teenager accidently shot himself in the head with his father’s gun while trying to take a “selfie” photograph, police said on Sunday, the latest in a series of such accidents.
The 15-year-old is being treated in hospital at Pathankot in Punjab state and is expected to survive, said the city’s deputy police superintendent, Manoj Kumar.
The accident happened on Friday evening when the schoolboy was playing at home with the licensed revolver which is normally kept in a wardrobe, Kumar said.
“The boy’s father and family said that he was trying to take a selfie with his gun,” he said.
“We will speak to the boy when he is declared medically fit. We think that part of the blame obviously goes to the father for not keeping his loaded gun under lock and key at their home.”