A girl aged seven died on Tuesday after she was shot unintentionally by her cousin who is by one year older. The children were in the care of their grandmother. The incident happened in a village of Edineț district when the two found a pneumatic gun under the parents’ bed while playing, IPN reports.

According to the General Police Inspectorate, the boy took the pneumatic gun out from under the bed and aimed it at the girl with the intention of scaring her. But he pulled the trigger accidentally. The girl died.

The police established that the boy’s father held the gun legally. An investigation is under way.