Social media users circulated a set of video scenes showing police forces in the US state of Michigan stopping the convoy of a Yemeni groom, Saqr Heikal Awad, and one of his companions and tying them up, following a report accusing them of roaming with a set of weapons in public streets.
The scenes circulating broadcast by activists and accounts across the platforms, on Monday, showed the police intercepting the groom's procession, to verify the gun and request licenses for the pistols they carry, and after examining the gun and seeing the weapons licenses, the police decided to release him, only taking memorial photos with him.
Fares al-Shuhti, one of the groom's confidants, said in a post on his official Facebook account that the wedding took place in the way prepared in advance, and that what was circulated was official police procedures as a result of a report because they carried a traditional sniper rifle used with Yemeni costumes at weddings.
Al-Shouhati posted a picture of himself yesterday accompanied by his son and groom Saqr, saying, "We note that what is being circulated on social media about the arrest of a Yemeni groom is baseless."
"The truth is that someone called the police on the basis of the presence of snipers, and when the military (police soldiers) came to our place there were no snipers and the snipers were traditional (ineffective) and the pistol we carried with a permit and soon the problem was resolved," he said.