A teenage TikToker has lost his life after accidentally shooting himself with a revolver he was using to make a TikTok video.
As per reports, a fledgling TikToker, Keshav, from India’s Uttar Pradesh state had forced his mother to let him use his father’s revolver for producing a TikTok video. Little did the 18-year-old (and his family) know that the gun was loaded.
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What happened?
Savitri, his mother, told police that she was working in the kitchen and that she had gone out of the house for some household chores when she heard a gunshot. She rushed back to her house where her son was shooting the video, only to find him lying in a pool of blood.
Keshav was rushed to the hospital with injuries on his temple. The doctors soon pronounced him dead.
The police say they are investigating the case.
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This is not the first time when the Chinese video-sharing app has proved to be deadly for youth.
Just recently, a 14-year-old TikTok star from Pakistan had died after being hit by a train. Young TikToker Sonu Singh was hit by a train from the back when he was shooting a video.
Pakistani peace activist Radesh Singh Tony, whose cousin was the victim, said Sonu was wearing headphones while walking on the railway track when he was hit.
