Casualties as bulletproof charm fails during try-out

A 40-year-old man has died of gunshot wounds he sustained while he and his friends were trying out bulletproof charm.

The friends, Abubakar Hamisu, Rabe Salisu, and Mani Mohammed, are from Kwari, Jibia LGA, of Katsina

While Hamisu died, Salisu, 35, sustained gunshot injuries in the incident.

The police said the incident occurred on March 16, 2019.

Mohammed, 43, was alleged to have mistakenly pulled the trigger.

He has been arrested by the police and charged to court, after turning  himself in at the Jibia Police Station on the day that the incident occurred.

It was learnt that Mohammed mistakenly pulled the trigger while attempting to collect the gun from the others, who were testing how bulletproof the charm was.

The gun reportedly went off, and some shrapnel hit Hamisu and Salisu.

Both were rushed to the General Hospital, Jibia, where Hamisu was certified dead, while the latter was treated and later discharged.

Mohammed was arraigned before a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for causing grievous hurt and culpable homicide.

The police said the offences were contrary to sections 246 and 222 (7) of the Penal Code.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Lawal Bello, told the court that investigation was still in progress on the case.

The presiding senior magistrate, Hajiya Fadila Dikko, adjourned the case to May 7, 2019, for mention and ruled that Mohammed be remanded in prison custody till then.