In a tragic incident, a teenager killed himself while shooting a TikTok video in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday.
The teenager was identified as 19-year-old Hamidullah and he died on the spot when he accidentally shot himself while shooting a TikTok video in the Kabal area of Swat District.
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According to the details, the teenager was rushed to the hospital by his friends who were present at the scene. However, the doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
The police has started an investigation into the matter and sent the body for autopsy.
Hamidullah was a college student and used to upload many videos on the video-sharing platform until one of his own videos lead to his death.
Family members of the teenager said that he took the gun from home and did not know that it was loaded with ammunition.
Several teenagers have died across the country while shooting TikTok videos. Many of these individuals ended up accidentally shooting themselves and some even got hit by trains while others drowned in an attempt to make a video just a few seconds long.
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