By Tunde Olamilekan
Tragedy struck on Saturday at Oke-Iro Street, Ilesa, Osun State, as a local hunter allegedly shot an infant died during a burial ceremony.
According to local sources, the hunter, alongside his colleagues, was invited attend the burial ceremony by one of the deceased’s children.
The sources noted that one of the local hunters, who was from Jos, Plateau State, accidentally discharged while rendering a gun salute, resulting in the death of the baby, while four others were injured.
Eyewitnesses said the injured were rushed to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, for treatment.
It was also gathered that the local hunters and the person who invited them were arrested by the police.
Efforts to get the reaction of the police proved abortive at the time of filing this report.
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