Hunters Mistake Porter for Quarry and Kill Him
<i> Reuters</i>
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two Indonesian deer hunters riddled their porter with bullets after mistaking him for their quarry, the newspaper Kompas reported Tuesday.
The 50-year-old porter had dropped behind to adjust the switch on his flashlight during a night hunt in central Java Saturday evening. Mistaking the light for the glimmer of a deer’s eyes, the hunters opened fire with automatic rifles.
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