London, January 15: In a never-heard-before incident, a wounded fox shot its would be killer in Belarus by pulling the trigger on the hunter’s gun.
According to media reports’ the bizarre incident occurred in the country’s Grodno region while the hunter was trying to kill the already wounded animal with the butt of the rifle.
As the pair scuffled, the fox accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw and the bullet hit the man, sending him to hospital.
The hunter, who had approached the fox after injuring it from a distance, is recuperating from his leg injury in a hospital, the report said, citing prosecutors from the region. “The animal fiercely resisted and in the struggle accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw,” one prosecutor said.
-PTI