Jubilation firing: Six-year-old shot
The body was taken to tehsil headquarters hospital for a post-mortem examination.
SARGODHA:
A child was shot at a wedding ceremony on Monday when some guests started firing in the air to welcome the bridegroom. Silanwali police said Ulfat Hussain and his friends started firing in the air in a village in 126-NB during a wedding ceremony at the house of one Muhammad Saeed. A bullet hit a six-year-old boy, Muhammad Amin, killing him on the spot. The body was taken to tehsil headquarters hospital for a post-mortem examination. A case was registered against Hussain and his friends. Separately, Kirana and Shahpur police arrested 32 people for jubilation firing at wedding ceremonies in various areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 29th, 2013.
A child was shot at a wedding ceremony on Monday when some guests started firing in the air to welcome the bridegroom. Silanwali police said Ulfat Hussain and his friends started firing in the air in a village in 126-NB during a wedding ceremony at the house of one Muhammad Saeed. A bullet hit a six-year-old boy, Muhammad Amin, killing him on the spot. The body was taken to tehsil headquarters hospital for a post-mortem examination. A case was registered against Hussain and his friends. Separately, Kirana and Shahpur police arrested 32 people for jubilation firing at wedding ceremonies in various areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 29th, 2013.