Russian police open case after air-rifle shot injures teenage guest’s eye

Police in Russia’s Kaliningrad region have opened a criminal case after a woman accidentally shot a 19-year-old acquaintance in the eye with an air rifle, the regional Interior Ministry said.

According to police, the woman was showing guests a rifle bought online during a gathering at a private home in Znamenskoye, in the Bagrationovsk district. She loaded the weapon and pulled the trigger in the guest’s direction.

The injured woman was taken to hospital with a penetrating eyeball injury and a foreign object inside it.

Investigators opened the case on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm through negligence. Police seized the air rifle.