Bulgarian shoots mother-in-law by mistake. Three times.

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A Bulgarian has been arrested after he shot his mother in law not once but three times while claiming he was aiming at a sparrow.
A police spokesman in the south-western Bulgarian village of Dren said: "We could accept that he shot her once by mistake, but three times is a bit much. She apparently shouted pretty loudly when she was hit the first time."
Gancho Asparuhov had surprised his wife's mother by turning up unannounced and offering to chase off the sparrows in her garden that had been stealing berries using a new 12 calibre rifle he had bought that morning.
But as the 81-year-old was hanging out the washing, she was shot three times in the head, arm and chest, and is now in intensive care at the local hospital.

When questioned, Asparuhov claimed he had not seen the 81-year-old and added: "I was just aiming at the sparrows."

I like the way it implies the sparrows had been stealing the berries with a rifle. That's some pretty hardcore birdlife.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 9 September 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

scotland yard: 'no comment'

― N_RQ, Friday, 9 September 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

Is there a War On Terror angle we can work into this?

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 9 September 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

aiming at a sparrow

and what had this sparrow done?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

"He was looking at a berry with evil intent, your honour"

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 9 September 2005 09:54 (twenty years ago)

In his defence, sparrows are small and therefore hard to hit.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

QC For the Defendant: "So you could see in his eyes that he was, as it were, eyeing up your berries?"

Asparuhov: "Yes..."

Prosecuting Counsel: "Objection, m'lord! There is no way the defendant could tell if the sparrow was looking directly at the berries. For one, a sparrow has eyes on the side of its head, it cannot look directly at a berry or anything else."

Judge: "Objection sustained."

QC For the Defendant: "So Mr Asparuhov, you saw one of the sparrow's eyes looking at your berries?"

Asparuhov: "Yes, but I formed the distinct impression the other eye was craning around the beak to look at..."

Prosecuting Counsel: "Objection, m'lord!"

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 9 September 2005 10:04 (twenty years ago)

Gotta love Bulgaria:

A Bulgarian hunter was shot by his own dog when he tried to knock a bird out of its mouth with his gun.

Vasil Plovdiv, 35, was shooting quail in Rasgrad in the north-east of the country with his German Pointer when the dog, which had retrieved a bird, refused to drop it.

According to police, Plovdiv tried to dislodge the dead quail from the pointer's mouth with the butt of his rifle but the dog sprung at him, knocking the trigger and peppering the hunter's chest with shot.

He is being treated for chest injuries at the local hospital.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 16 September 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

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