Boy dies while filming TikTok video with pistol

A 10-year-old boy died after a pistol accidentally went off while shooting a TikTok video in Hafizabad Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV Channel.

The tragic incident took place in Hafizabad where a 10-year-old boy was shot dead while making a video for TikTok. The boy allegedly fired at himself with a real pistol, killing himself on the spot.

The parents termed the incident as an accident and refused to take legal action and the hospital administration handed over the body to them after due process.

The incidence of deaths due to the adoption of new ways of making videos for social media through TikTok could not be reduced, the passion for making videos in a unique way took another life.

In a separate incident, earlier this year, a teenager was hit and killed by a train in Lahore while being filmed walking along the railway track for a TikTok stunt.

Youth, Asif, was walking next to the tracks while his friend was filming his TikTok video. “The moving train hit him while he was posing for a video and walking on the railway track,” said police.