A French soldier has died after he was shot in the head while taking part in a game with other soldiers during a party, according to local media.
Brigadier Alexandre Lanckbeen was critically injured during the incident last Saturday while attending a party involving alcohol at the Percy Military Teaching Hospital in Clamart, west of Paris.
According to French prosecutors, a loaded handgun was discharged during what was described as a game between the soldiers, and a bullet struck Lanckbeen in the head.
Loïc Mizon, the military governor of Paris, said he had learned with "deep sadness" of the 20-year-old's death on Friday as a result of his injuries.
"I wish to express my deepest compassion to his family and loved ones and assure them of the full support of the armed forces," he said in a post on X.
