NAIJA NEWS
A 10-year-old boy residing in the riverside town of Otuan in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has killed his 12-year-old friend with his grandfather’s gun.
Naija News understands that the father of the deceased and his grandfather who owned the gun were out of town when the incident occurred.
According to Vanguard, the unfortunate incident was set in motion when the deceased, his sister and friend returned from the bush where they had gone to pick bush mango.
A community source who spoke under the condition of anonymity told the publication that the sister sent her brother to her father’s room to get a cutlass to spilt open the bush mango.
The friend, who joined in going to get the cutlass, stumbled on the gun where it was hidden.
On seeing the gun, he picked it up and aimed it at the deceased.
