A Colombian mayor shot himself in the backside while he was on the toilet. Rafael Augusto Galan, Mayor of Ramiquiri, was out on his rounds when he was caught short. He asked to use the toilet of a local shop and disappeared into the back, reports Terra Noticias Populares. A witness said: "All we heard was the noise of a 9mm gun firing!" The mayor's handgun, which he was carrying in his back pocket, had gone off wounding him in the backside. Mayor Galan needed hospital treatment but has made a full recovery.