Bride shot in head, killed during celebratory gunfire at wedding
[NYPOST] An Iranian bride tragically died at her own wedding after getting hit by a stray bullet during a round of celebratory gunfire.
Mahvash Leghaei, 24, had reportedly just tied the knot when a male guest decided to mark the occasion by firing off some ceremonial gunshots — a custom that’s illegal in Iran.
Unfortunately, the shooter’s festive firearm display, in which he allegedly used an unlicensed hunting rifle, backfired horribly: While the first shot went off without incident, a second round reportedly went through Leghaei’s skull and brain before hitting two male guests, according to reports.
"We had an emergency call of a shooting at a wedding hall in Firuzabad city and officers were dispatched immediately," a police spokesperson, Colonel Mehdi Jokar, told Newsflash of the freak accident, which occurred at the wedding south of Shiraz.
Posted by: Fred 2022-07-20 |