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Turks Wound At Least 23, Firing Guns in Air to Celebrate Soccer Win
21 June 2008
International Herald Tribune / AP
ANKARA, Turkey — At least 23 people across Turkey were wounded by stray bullets following the firing of shots across the country to celebrate the win over Croatia in the European Championship quarterfinals.
Governor Muammer Guler said Saturday that 11 people were accidentally shot in Istanbul, the country's largest city where all night festivities were the wildest.
Twelve other people, including a 10-year-old girl and an elderly woman, were wounded by ricocheting... (GunPolicy.org)