FAISALABAD: A wedding ceremony in Faisalabad turned into mourning on Thursday night after a 14-year-old boy was killed in an aerial firing during a wedding function, ARY News reported.
According to the police, the teenage boy, whose identity is unknown, died when a wedding party guest fired in the air during the marriage function in the Faisalabad neighbourhood.
The teenage boy was rushed to a nearby hospital after a bullet hit him in the head but succumbed to his wounds.
Soon after the incident, police immediately reached the site and launched a probe against the bride, while the suspect easily managed to flee the scene.
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Police have registered a case against the suspect, while further investigation is underway.
In a similar incident that was reported this year in November, a 7-year-old girl had been killed in an aerial firing by a policeman during a wedding ceremony in the Qayyumabad area of Karachi.
Reportedly, a 7-year-old girl, Sadia, died when a wedding party guest fired in the air during the marriage function in Karachi’s Qayyumabad area.
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The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to her wounds, said rescue sources, adding that she was hit with four stray bullets.
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