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A 58-year-old Val-des-Monts man narrowly avoided being shot on Saturday when his neighbour’s rifle was accidentally discharged, the MRC des Collines said.

A 32-year-old man was cleaning his rifle in his garage at about 3 p.m. but did not follow gun-handling rules, police said in a news release. When the gun went off, a large-calibre bullet (.30-06) travelled about 50 metres to a neighbour’s home, and went through two windows before becoming lodged in the back of a dining room chair. The 58-year-old was in the room at the time, police said, while two others were outside of his home and three more were at the hunter’s place.

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Neighbours called the police and the gun owner’s weapons and licence were seized. He is to appear in court on a number of firearms-related charges.

Val-des-Monts is about 40 km north of Ottawa.