Tripura boy injured in accidental shooting while playing with homemade firearm

A pre-teenage boy in Tripura fell victim to an accidental shooting incident on Tuesday while engaged in play near his home. The 12-year-old sustained a bullet injury when a country-made firearm discharged unexpectedly during the incident. His brother was present at the time of the mishap. Local police have registered the incident and launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discharge of the homemade weapon. The child was rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatment of the injury. Authorities have recovered the country-made gun used in the incident and are examining how the unsecured weapon came to be in the possession of minors. The investigation is ongoing as police work to determine the exact sequence of events that led to the accidental firing.