27
日夕方、
松山市の
買い取り専門店で、モデルガンだと
思って
客から
買い取った
拳銃のようなものから
銃弾1
発が
暴発しました。
On the evening of the 27th, at a specialty buy-back store in Matsuyama City, a bullet was accidentally discharged from what appeared to be a handgun, which had been purchased from a customer under the assumption that it was a model gun.
店内の仕切りに穴が空きましたがけが人はいませんでした。
A hole was made in the partition inside the store, but no one was injured.
警察によりますと27日午後5時ごろ、松山市内にある買い取り専門店で、モデルガンだと思って客から買い取った拳銃のようなものを従業員が整理していたところ、銃弾1発が暴発しました。
According to the police, at around 5 p.m. on the 27th, while an employee was sorting through what appeared to be a handgun that had been purchased from a customer—believing it to be a model gun—at a specialty buyback shop in Matsuyama City, a bullet accidentally discharged.
店内の仕切りに穴が空きましたが、当時は客やほかの従業員はおらず、けが人はいませんでした。
A hole was made in the partition inside the store, but at the time, there were no customers or other employees present, and no one was injured.
暴発したのは自動式拳銃とみられ、店内から銃弾と薬きょうが見つかったということです。
It is believed that the gun that accidentally discharged was a semi-automatic pistol, and a bullet and a shell casing were found inside the store.
5月21日に客からモデルガンや模造刀など数十点を買い取った際に混ざっていたもので、客は従業員に対して「親族の遺品整理で見つかった」と話していたということです。
When they purchased several dozen items such as model guns and imitation swords from a customer on May 21, this item was mixed in. The customer told the employee that it was found while sorting through the belongings of a deceased relative.
警察は持ち込んだ客から話を聞くとともに、拳銃のようなものの鑑定を行って捜査しています。
The police are questioning the customer who brought it in and are investigating by examining the object that appears to be a handgun.