A 55-year-old man has died after being found shot in a forest area near Klippan in Skåne on Sunday. Police are investigating whether it was an accident related to ongoing hunting or a self-inflicted injury. The incident is classified as gross negligence causing death.
On Sunday, October 26, 2025, police were called to a forest area near Klippan in Skåne just after 11:30 a.m., after a local resident found a 55-year-old man shot. The man was rushed to the hospital by ambulance but died later that evening, around 6:20 p.m., with relatives notified.
The man was a hunter but not part of the hunting parties active in the area that morning. He was in the forest to feed wildlife, possibly wild boars with corn. According to witnesses, including 82-year-old Olle who lives on a nearby property, a shot was heard behind a barn before the man ran and collapsed. Olle's tenant Andrzej called 112 and tried to stop the bleeding: 'I pressed on the wound. When I let go a bit, blood came out. So I pressed and pressed.' They had been drinking coffee together half an hour earlier.
Police cordoned off the area and conducted a technical investigation with a special search dog and helicopter. Multiple hunting parties were interviewed after the hunt was halted. Weapons from the hunters were seized, and the probe focuses on whether the shot came from a hunting rifle or the man's own. 'No matter who fired the shot, there are no signs that it was anything other than a pure accident,' said Sara Andersson, police spokesperson for the South region. Another theory is a self-inflicted mishap: 'The man had a weapon with him; he was a hunter himself even though he wasn't part of any of the hunting parties,' Andersson added. It was initially investigated as gross negligence causing bodily harm but reclassified to gross negligence causing death. No one is suspected.