SOKA, Saitama -- A police officer accidentally fired a revolver in a weapons storage room at a police station here, blasting a hole in a maintenance stand, law enforcers said.
Police said the 49-year-old senior officer accidentally fired the bullet into the wooden cleaning stand in the weapons storage room at Soka Police Station at about 8:50 a.m. on Wednesday. There were about five other people in the room at the time, but no one was injured.
Police said that the 49-year-old officer had been loading bullets into a revolver before going on duty at a police box. Holding the gun in his right hand, he reportedly went to open his holster with his left hand, but accidentally pulled the trigger instead.
"We will work to prevent a reoccurrence by thoroughly implementing correct handling procedures for handguns," said a police station official commenting on the accident.
拳銃暴発：埼玉・草加署内で警官誤って引き金
２６日午前８時５０分ごろ、埼玉県草加市花栗３の県警草加署拳銃格納室で、同署地域課の男性巡査長（４９）が回転式拳銃（３８口径）を暴発させ、銃弾１発が木製の拳銃手入れ台を貫通した。室内には巡査長ら５～６人がいたがけがはなかった。
同署によると、巡査長は交番勤務に就く前に格納室内で拳銃に弾を装てん。右手に拳銃を持ったまま、左手でホルスターのふたを開けようとして、誤って引き金を引いてしまったという。岡田昭文署長は「拳銃の適正な取り扱いを再度徹底させ、再発防止に努める」とコメントした。【小泉大士】
December 26, 2007
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