Yemeni activists seek to curb trigger-happy wedding culture

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.