Schoolyard fight led to boy 15 shooting dead teenager

A 15-year-old boy killed a 17-year-old in Kato Achaia in the Peloponnese on Sunday following a fight between the pair, police said on Monday.

According to officers the 15-year-old took a hunting rifle from home and shot the other teenager in the playground of a primary school after a violent row.

The 15-year-old’s mother was arrested after the incident on charges of neglecting a minor. The boy’s father is a truck driver and was on a trip abroad at the time of the shooting.