Saudi girl injured by celebratory gunfire stable

Muscat: Four-year-old Saudi girl, Zainab Al Labad, is reported to be in stable health after a stray bullet fired during a wedding celebration fell on her cheek, injuring her.

She is to undergo surgery at Khoulah hospital in Muscat, where the bullet will be removed from her cheek on Tuesday.

Mohammad Al Lawbad, Zainab’s father, thanks the Omani government for taking care of his child.

Zainab was injured in the Dibba hotel of the Musandam governorate on Saturday after a bullet from a celebration of a nearby wedding fell on her from the sky.

She was playing with her brother in the front yard of the hotel during the time of the accident.

The wedding was taking place approximately two kilometres away from the Dibba hotel.

The man who fired the weapon was arrested by the Royal Oman Police.

Fines for firing weapons in the air without proper licences are 200 rials. Offenders are fined 300 rials if they fire weapons on Eid or wedding occasions.