Moose hunter accidentally shoots man on toilet in Norway
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A hunter in Norway aiming for a moose hit a man sitting on the toilet in a nearby cabin instead.
According to local media, the bullet whizzed past the animal and struck the wooden wall of the cabin, hitting the man inside in the stomach Thursday.
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The man, in his 70s, was flown to a hospital southeast of Oslo with non-life-threatening injuries, Reuters reported.
The moose escaped unscathed.
Local police questioned the hunter, who said he didn't know there was a cabin nearby.
"The suspect is completely broken and desperate. It isn't an easy situation," police spokesman Paul Horne told the Norwegian newspaper VG.
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Lead investigator Anders Stroemsaether told Norwegian broadcaster NRK the man's wife "does not hold a grudge" against the hunter and was "being taken care of by the police and her family."
The couple was closing up their cabin for the winter when the shooting occurred.
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