A freak accident killed a Brazilian policeman in the city of Belo Horizonte on Monday.

Thiago Ribeiro Trindade, 23, went into a car parts shop to buy a light. When he placed his backpack on the counter, it exploded and killed him.

A man who missed twice while aiming to shoot a friend's cow only to accidentally shoot a passer-by in the leg is fined for what an Australian court called a freak accident.

Rudolf Stadler, 61, agreed in April last year to shoot the meddling cow which belonged to a friend who owns a hobby farm at Caboolture in tropical Queensland state.

A 20-year old University of Minnesota student was killed Saturday in a post-game celebration after the field goal post was torn down and struck the student in the head.

Richard Thomas Rose, of Benton City, Wash., was pronounced dead at a hospital after attempts to revive him on the field failed. No one else was reported hurt in the freak accident.

Belgian news agency Belga

The 33-year-old was on her way home from a bar in the town of Pulle when she decided to take a short cut through the cemetery during the early hours of Saturday.