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| Africa: North |
| Celebratory gunfire kills Egyptian official |
| 2004-09-11 |
| An Egyptian wedding feast turned to tragedy when the bodyguard of one of the guests accidentally killed him with a celebratory burst of gunfire and then committed suicide. Mohammed Abu Okail, a member of Egypt's Consultative Council, or senate, was gunned down in the village of Abis, 190km north of Cairo, police said. When the party was in full swing, bodyguard Ali Suleiman began to let off a traditional volley of gunfire, killing Mr Abu Okail in the process. On realising what he had done, he let out a hysterical cry of grief and shot himself in the head. Celebratory gunfire is common throughout the Arab world, and dozens of people are killed in Egypt every year by stray bullets. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #8 The 'celebratory gunfire' is a way to ease their frustration at not having the balls to attack Israel. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-09-11 10:19:56 PM |
| #7 And you all thought the Chicken Dance was bad, didn't you? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-11 10:14:38 PM |
| #6 What Mrs. D. said. How did these people celebrate prior to the advent of guns? Toss sharp knives in the air? |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-09-11 10:13:10 PM |
| #5 Just look at this as two-for-the-price-of-one. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-11 8:43:20 PM |
| #4 Were they celebrating before or after he was killed? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-11 8:22:56 PM |
| #3 Ah another "bad islamic wedding accident" So sad... |
| Posted by: Trolling for Allan 2004-09-11 8:09:59 PM |
| #2 How long have these wackos had guns? 150 years? Can a tradition like this really be established that fast? Or are they just indoctrinated in a wacko culture and religion? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-11 8:07:50 PM |
| #1 hen the party was in full swing, bodyguard Ali Suleiman began to let off a traditional volley of gunfire Maybe it's time to join civilization and abandon that tradition... (Of course, this COULD have been a very, very clever assassination.) |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-11 7:51:55 PM |