KABUL: As many as 21 people were dead while 10 other were wounded in a shootout at a wedding party in Northern Afghanistan, official said on Monday.
Baghlan province governor Jaweed Basharat said a gunfight broke out between two groups attending the wedding in Andarab district late Sunday.
Most of the dead were wedding guests aged 14 to 60 years old, he said.
“The clash broke out after a relative of a provincial police official was assassinated during the wedding party,” Qasani said.
He said some 400 people had gathered at a private house for the wedding of a local mullah’s son.
“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,” Qasani said.
