Yemeni activists seek to curb trigger-happy wedding culture


By AGENCY
A groom holds a rifle during his wedding in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Photos: dpa

When Malik Sufian got married in his mountain village of Al-Daiaa in Yemen, he piled on traditional hospitality – food and music for 300 guests, bright lights, singing, drumming.

With one notable exception: There were no streams of celebratory gunfire filling the sky with live rounds that sometimes bring about horrific consequences when they land.

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