Accidental shot kills hunter

A man was found dead with a gunshot wound to his upper chest and face by the roadside in Tal-Kotob Road in Zejtun.

He discovered dead with a shotgun next to him, in what investigators claim to believe may have been an accidental shooting.

According to crime scene investigators, the shotgun was in the dead man's possession before he died.

Ballistic experts on site believe that the shotgun went-off accidentally while being handled by the man, who was said to be returning home after a day bird-hunting.

 Magisterial inquiry is underway.