{"id":7366,"date":"2018-11-22T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T15:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2018-11-27T05:51:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T05:51:57","slug":"groom-shot-on-wedding-day-returns-after-surgery-to-take-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=7366","title":{"rendered":"Groom shot on wedding day, returns after surgery to take vows"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Esther Nantambi<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Indian groom shot by two gunmen as he rode a chariot to his wedding in New Delhi managed to return hours later after surgery and take his vows, police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The unidentified assailants mingled with wedding guests dancing in a extravagant street procession as the 25-year-old groom made his way to the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Police said the pair climbed onto the horse-drawn carriage and opened fire before fleeing amid the panic.<\/p>\n

The groom was struck in the shoulder and rushed to hospital, where doctors stemmed the bleeding but could not remove the bullet easily without major surgery.<\/p>\n

The groom, bandaged up, returned to his bride-to-be just three hours later and performed his wedding rituals.<\/p>\n

“The bullet is stuck between the shoulder bones,” Vijay Kumar, a deputy commissioner of police in Delhi, told AFP.<\/p>\n

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The groom, bandaged up, returned to his bride-to-be just three hours later and performed his wedding rituals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Police are searching for the two suspects, who have not been found.<\/p>\n

They have not established a motive for the brazen attack but said it did not appear to be a random act of violence.<\/p>\n

Many Indian cities are in grip of wedding fever with the traditional marriage season kicking off last week.<\/p>\n

The shooting is not the first of its kind at an Indian wedding.<\/p>\n

A groom was shot dead in northern Uttar Pradesh state in April as during his wedding rituals.<\/p>\n

The murder was captured on film, with the groom clutching his chest with both hands before slumping forward.<\/p>\n

In 2016, a groom was accidentally shot dead by a reveller as he rode a horse for his wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

SOURCE: AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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