Man aged 112 marries girl aged 17

A Somali man who claims to be 112 years old married a teenage girl aged 17. He already has 114 children and grandchildren with his other wives and says he wants to have more children now with his new bride.

Hundreds of people attended the wedding of Ahmed Mohamed Dore and Safia Abdulleh which was held in Guriceel, Somalia. Mr Dore claims he is 112 years old by virtue of a goatskin birth certificate dated 1897 and claims to have served in the British colonial army in 1941.

At any rate, even if he is not 112 years old, he is still pretty old, don’t you think?

“Today God helped me realize my dream.”

“I didn’t force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry,” he says.

Mr Dore said he waited for his bride to grow up before he proposed to her!

The happy couple.

Source: BBC News