19 Shots Fired to Celebrate Wedding Down a Power Line, Kills 23
If you live in Saudi Arabia, it’s probably not that uncommon to hear gunfire, let alone be the one doing the shooting. And it’s not limited to war zones, either: in the Arab country, it’s very commonplace for party-goers to discharge their weapons in celebration – as was the case at a wedding celebration in Riyadh, where things went from joyous to morose in one shot.
While shooting weapons in the air post-wedding, one of the bullets took down a power line which hit the top of a tent, setting off a blaze and trapping the people inside.
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Sadly, as is common in the culture, the men are generally separated from the women and children at these types of celebrations, and all of the attendees in the tent were women or children. All 23 of them.
