CHIBA, Japan, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Chiba, Japan, said they arrested a member of a hunters' group who allegedly mistakenly shot a fellow hunter to death Sunday during a cull of monkeys.
Police told Kyodo News they suspect Suminori Maeda, 51, of Kimitsu, Shiba Prefecture, was guilty of professional negligence.
Maeda allegedly fired the shot that killed Masayoshi Murakoski, 72, also from Kimitsu at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The men were in a mountain forest on a monkey cull.
Muakoshi was immediately taken to a hospital, but was later pronounced dead, police said.
Investigators said Maeda told them he shot Murakoshi after mistaking him for a monkey. Murakoshi was rushing to join others in the hunting group because he heard monkeys were sighted, police said.
