Man accidentally shoots himself

ISLAMABAD: A man in Abbottabad died after he mistakenly shot himself in the head during celebratory gunfire before a wedding ceremony. The victim was shifted to Ayub Teaching Hospital but succumbed to his injury. In the video, the individual can be seen clearing an apparent jam and then trying to cock his weapon, while holding it between his legs. It is then that the firearm goes off. On New Year’s Eve, at least 12 people were injured due to aerial firing in different parts of Karachi despite directives from the police to prevent such activities. In Lahore, at least 34 people, including a woman and a child, were injured in aerial firing on the New Year’s Eve.  

Published in The Express Tribune, January 29^th, 2019.