Relative of top FKNK official helped child use a shotgun, BirdLife claims

Updated 9.35pm, adds FKNK statement
A child was seen handling a shotgun and being guided to aim and shoot at a bird in Miżieb on Friday, BirdLife Malta has said.
The child was being guided by a man who the NGO claims is the brother of FKNK secretary general Daniel Xriha, with BirdLife adding that the man had already been filmed committing a similar crime last year. 
BirdLife said that police called to the scene had confiscated firearms from the site. Sources said that video footage of the incident is being investigated by the police. 
The NGO described the incident as the "cherry on the cake" of a spring hunting season strewn with irregularities. The season ended on Friday. 
An FKNK spokesperson told Times of Malta that they would need to investigate the claims before commenting further.

In a statement, the NGO said that Miżieb, which since last October is being managed by the FKNK, had been the site of a number of illegalities during the spring hunting season.
BirdLife’s head of conservation Nicholas Barbara said that during this season, most hunters were out targeting turtle-doves illegally with Friday’s case being the cherry on the cake.
The organisation called on the public...