07 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
The Maldives National Defence Force has suspended live fire training at Kaafu atoll Girifushi island after a stray bullet wounded a tourist on a safari.
A bullet fired during a live fire training exercise ricocheted and grazed the 41-year old German national’s neck but he was left otherwise unharmed. “Preliminary findings reveal that the boat was travelling beyond the standard range for small arms fire, within accepted safe distance and not directly in the line of fire and the bullet was a freak accidental ricochet,” the MNDF said.
The tourist was first treated at a nearby island but was later transferred to the private Tree Top hospital in Hulhumalé.
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