The groom, identified as Ali K., aged 23, was wounded by gunfire while the newlyweds were being escorted home and later died of his injuries. The shooting was allegedly carried out by a female relative of the wife. Security forces detained the woman and discovered two unlicensed pistols in her garden. Prosecutors opened an investigation into the incident, which occurred in Sebinkarahisar in Giresun province. Celebratory gunfire is common in the northern Black Sea region of Turkey. A separate recent incident in Trabzon province left another man dead, two wounded, and two people detained.
A groom has died of injuries he sustained from celebratory gunfire after his wedding in northern Turkey. As the newlyweds were being escorted home after the ceremony, the groom, identified as Ali K aged 23, was wounded by gunfire, allegedly at the hands of a female relative of his wife, the state news agency Anadolu reported. Security forces detained the woman and found two unlicensed pistols were found in her garden, the agency said.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident, which took place in Sebinkarahisar, a town in Giresun province. Celebratory gunfire is common at weddings in Turkey's northern Black Sea region. Another man died last week and two others were wounded by celebratory gunfire before a wedding in the north-eastern Trabzon province. The wedding was cancelled and two people, one of whom was a police officer, were detained in connection with the incident, local media reported.
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