The accident occurred Thursday afternoon at a home in Romanian southern locality of Tatulesti, Olt County.
Olt County police’s spokeswoman Claudia Radu said the boy and his 14-year old friend were playing at the computer when the elder boy suggested they played with his father’s hunting gun.
The 14-year-old took his father’s rifle, pointed it at the 6-year-old and it discharged, Radu said.
She said the 14-year-old was in shock and could not give an exact account of the events.