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Afghan Official: 21 Dead, 10 Wounded in Wedding Gunfight
Source: AP
An Afghan official says that 21 people have been killed by gunmen who fought a gun battle during a wedding in a northern province.
Jaweed Basharat, the governor of Baghlan province, said Monday that another 10 people were wounded in the shooting on Sunday night.
He says the gunfight broke out between two groups attending the wedding in Andarab district.
Most of the dead were wedding guests aged from 14 years old to 60 years old, he says.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-official-21-dead-10-wounded-wedding-gunfight-32703027
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Afghan Official: 21 Dead, 10 Wounded in Wedding Gunfight (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jul 2015
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)1. Game of Thrones fans?
TexasTowelie
(111,288 posts)2. The bride's family was upset
because she received too many toasters as wedding gifts.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)3. Sounds like a wedding in Melrose Paek.
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)4. Nice example of an armed society
and how they handle disagreements.... with guns.