Local officials say that at least 20 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a gunfight at a wedding party in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan.
Reports have it that most of the dead are wedding guests, aged between 14 and 60.
As of the time of filing this report, Afghan security forces have been sent to the scene, there are fears that the death toll could rise.
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According to BBC, the clash broke out after the relative of a provincial police official was assassinated.
A district police chief Gulistan Qasani told AP news agency that some 400 people had gathered to attend the wedding of a local mullah’s son, among them two groups who had long been hostile to each other.
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Qasani is quoted as saying:”When we collected the bodies it was difficult to determine who were the shooters and who were not, because I could not find any weapons.”
The province of Baghlan has been plagued by Taliban violence, as well as unrest linked to local feuds and rivalry between criminal groups.
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According to the local media, the problem of locals possessing illegal weapons in the region has dogged authorities.
Celebratory gunfire has become a common sight at weddings in Afghanistan.
Only last year, Afghan soldiers fired mortars at a wedding party in Afghanistan’s Helmand province after seeing gun shots being fired. Seventeen women and children were killed in the incident.
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