Why we don't play with guns...

Mon Oct 16, 10:35 AM ET


KARACHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani man has committed suicide outside his fiancee's home after he thought he accidentally killed her while trying to persuade her to get married early, police said Saturday.

The man, Ahmed Ashraf, was shooting a gun in the air outside his fiancee's home in the southern city of Karachi on Friday as part of his efforts to persuade her to get married two months early when a stray bullet accidently hit her, police said.

"He was so eager to get married he stood in front of his fiancee's house and started firing shots in the air to catch her attention," said investigating officer Ghulam Hussain.

The young woman was coming downstairs when a bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit her. She fell down screaming "I have been shot," Hussain said.

"He thought he had killed her and within seconds shot himself. The girl is fine," Hussain said.

"It is a tragic accident. They were engaged to be married with their parents' consent on December 25. He was insisting they get married earlier."

Ashraf had told his fiancee, Naureen, he would do something drastic if she didn't agree to get married straight away. The woman insisted the marriage date had already been set and there was no need to hurry, Hussain said.

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Well then. I will add this to my library of some of the stupidest things I have heard. I will continue to build up examples like these to use in future parenting discussions with my children. This one could also fall into the file marked - “examples of people not thinking before acting / learn to pause” but I will probably stick with “Why we don't play with guns”. If my kids build up an immunity to common sense, something that seems probable at this point - I might as well figure out ways to make these lessons interesting?

Peace