Tol Tol firearms incident: Bullet discharged at property near Robinvale
A woman is in hospital with serious injuries after a firearms incident in Victoria’s northwest.
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A 43-year-old woman has been flown to hospital after a bullet was discharged at a property at Tol Tol in Victoria’s northwest on Friday afternoon.
Victoria Police said they are investigating the incident but had been treating it as accidental.
It was believed a man was refilling bullets into a loading machine when one discharged and went through a wall.
Police said the bullet continued and struck a nearby bathroom window, shattering the glass.
The woman was in the bathroom at the time and sustained serious injuries after being struck by the glass.
She had been flown to hospital and was said to be in a stable condition.
Tol Tol is about 8km from Robinvale on the Victoria-NSW border and about 100km by road from Mildura.
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