And to prove that it’s not only the North Americans that keep we Australian’s bemused, three journalists have been injured in south-west China after a gun went off at a press conference.
The press conference was called by Chinese police to highlight the success of a gun control campaign, the ABC has reported.
It seems that the press conference was taking place in Nanchong in Sichuan province to publicise the results of a campaign by the city’s police to seize illegal weapons. Some of the reporters asked to take photos of the guns seized.
Apparently one of the police officials mishandled a homemade weapon, releasing the trigger and dropping it to the ground.
It is unclear from the report whether the gun contained bullets or shotgun pellets but sources say that one local journalist needed surgery after being hit in several areas of the body including his ankle, crotch, and chest.
