Man shot in head dies after hunting accident in Spain

A 47-YEAR-OLD man has died from a gunshot wound to the head this afternoon (Thursday) in southern Spain after a hunting accident.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident at 1.20pm at a farmhouse near the town of Alcala de Guadaira in the Sevilla province of Andalucia.

The man died at the scene.

National Police officers are investigating the circumstances.