[PaulCameron]

Mate's misfire kills groom at wedding

AFP
August 22, 201211:20PM



A groom has been killed on his wedding day by a stray bullet after his friend fired his gun in the air in celebration of the event. Picture: Herald Sun Source: Herald Sun

AN EXCITED friend of a Kuwaiti bridegroom killed him during his wedding with a stray bullet as he charged his gun to fire into the air in celebration.

The man who turned himself in after the incident "fired a bullet by mistake when he was charging his gun," Al-Qabas daily said, adding that the bullet hit the groom and killed him.

He told police that it was all a mistake and that he was shocked by the bullet coming out and penetrating the back of his friend, turning the wedding into a funeral.

The incident took place in the village of Salibiya, in the tribal Jahra province, highlighting the problem of the availability of personal weapons among tribesmen in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.

Celebratory gunfire is common among the tribes although the use of personal weapons is banned.