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 two unlicensed pistols were found in her garden, the agency said. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident, which took place in Şebinkarahisar, 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 north-eastern Trabzon province.
That wedding was cancelled and two people were detained, one of whom was a police officer, local media reported.