Prosecutor considers case of pensioner who shot and killed house-breaker

One of two burglars who broke into the home of an elderly couple in Letownia in Malopolska has been shot and killed by the husband. The pensioners, both in their seventies, live in an isolated home without lighting or a telephone. The masked intruders woke the couple in the middle of the night by banging on their door. The husband opened fire with an antique firearm after one of the buglers broke a window in an attempt to enter the house. In the morning the couple found the body of the would-be burglar, who turned out to be a 30 year old resident of the neighboring village. The police have captured the second burglar. The local prosecutor is examining whether the old man, who used an unlicensed firearm, went too far in exercising his right to self defense. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.Z.