Wedding guests open fire into air, accidentally shoot children dead

[Sally]

This happens so much in the Middle East. You would think they would realize by now that what goes up will come down.

Wedding guests open fire into air, accidentally shoot children dead
DAILY SABAH
ISTANBUL
Published20 hours ago

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Two children were accidentally shot dead over the weekend in Turkey in two separate ceremonies one of which was a wedding and the other was an engagement, after guests fired bullets into the air as a gesture of "celebration", which is a common practice in the country, especially during weddings organized in rural areas. The custom has led to countless of deaths and injuries in the past, leading Turkish authorities to impose harsher penalties on the practice, but the latest two incidents show that the practice is far away from over.

One of the children, aged 8, was Şevket Kurumal, who had come to Turkey for holiday with his parents from France. He attended a relative's engagement ceremony in Turkey's central province of Yozgat on Sunday evening, where he was shot accidentally in the neck and the shoulder. Şevket was taken to the hospital, but his injuries were so serious that he could not be saved. A 69-year-old man has been detained under allegations that his gun was the one from which the shots hitting the 8 year-old were fired.

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[Mr. H.]

This wouldn't have happened if the bride and groom fed 4,000 people.

 

[aris2chat]

sadly it will no be the last time

 

[there4eyeM]

Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people.
Using firearms outside of strict limits like target practice or hunting in safe areas should always be a last resort, and not for 'fun' or to prove virility.

 

[aris2chat]

Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people.
Using firearms outside of strict limits like target practice or hunting in safe areas should always be a last resort, and not for 'fun' or to prove virility.

Bullets need to be fired from guns. guns in the hands of men. Men with their finger on the trigger fire those guns.
but that is just it, for far too many men, guns are a symbol of virility, guns are a symbol of power.