Jealous lover kills 9, injures 30 at Cambodian wedding

USPA News - Nine people were killed Saturday and 30 others were injured when a man believed to be in love with the bride-to-be threw a hand grenade at a wedding reception in central Cambodia, military officials said on Sunday. The attacker fled the scene.

The incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when a man threw a grenade at dancing guests at a wedding ceremony in Prasat Sambo, a district in central Kampong Thom province, approximately 170 kilometers (105.6 miles) north of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Provincial military police chief General Horm Thul told the Xinhua news agency that nine people were killed and 30 others were injured, some of them critically. "It was not a terrorism act. We preliminarily concluded that a love triangle motivated the attack," he was quoted as saying, adding that the victims were rushed to Kampong Thom Provincial Hospital Two young girls aged 7 and 14 were among those killed, Thul added.