3-year-old boy accidentally shoots himself

Published Thursday, April 04, 2013

By Staff

A three-year-old Saudi boy accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with his father’s gun at their house in the Gulf kingdom, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The boy, who found the gun in his father’s bedroom, aimed it at his head and pulled the trigger while his parents were at the house in the southern town of Khamis Mushait.

“The boy was rushed to hospital and doctors were racing against time to save his life…his parents told police the boy shot himself,” Sabq daily said.

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