KENINGAU, Dec. 9 -- A 14-year-old boy has been remanded for six days until December 14 following the fatal shooting of his friend, also 14, with a homemade firearm, commonly known as "bakakuk", during a game of hide-and-seek.

The incident happened about 8am in the compound of a house along Jalan Kem PPH, here, on Sunday.

Keningau District Police Chief Supt Yampil Garai said a 70-year-old retiree, believed to be the gun's owner and father of the suspect, as well as the suspect's 13-year-old sibling, were also remanded to facilitate investigations.

The 13-year-old allegedly hid the weapon.

Police were initially alerted when doctors at the Keningau Hospital's emergency unit received a patient with gunshot wounds at 8.40am.

The patient w...