Wedding guest shoots himself in Russian roulette horror

A wedding guest was seriously injured after playing Russian roulette with a gun that he thought had been emptied of bullets.

Film of the incident posted on the internet shows another guest proposing a toast to the bride and groom and then pulling out the weapon and pretending to shoot himself in the head.

He then says: "Here — who wants to do it?" Another guest replies: "Russian Roulette, yes?"

Despite an apparent attempt to stop him, the victim then fired, prompting panic as he fell to the ground badly injured. A shout of "Are you mad?" is heard in the background.

A rubber bullet had exploded into his skull and he was taken to hospital, reportedly suffering from brain damage and paralysis. The other guest was arrested by police in the Russian city of Astrakhan. He is said to have told them that he had removed all the bullets.

He added: "I wanted to perform my party trick. I expected lots of applause after I did it."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciwYP2e6Jc