Police have arrested a 35-year-old hunter after two French members of environmental organisations were hit by shotgun pellets in a hunting area in the Famagusta district on Wednesday morning.
The two men, both aged 32, went to Famagusta General Hospital, where one was found to have an abrasion to the head and the other a superficial wound to the right shoulder.
Police were told at about 8am that the two had been hit at about 7am in an area where hunting is permitted. Members of the Game and Fauna Service were there at the time, along with the two men and a third man aged 31.
Police are investigating how the shooting happened, but initial inquiries indicate the shot appears to have come from the 35-year-old.
He was arrested on a court warrant shortly before 8pm on Wednesday and is being held for questioning.
Officers from the Famagusta CID and the Criminological Investigation Service at police headquarters examined the scene and collected evidence. The Famagusta CID is investigating.
