Karachi teenagers shoot dead elderly man for TikTok fame

KARACHI: Police have apprehended two teenage students for allegedly shooting dead an elderly citizen for a TikTok video in Karachi’s Malir.

A man, identified as Qamar Raza, was killed near Ghazi Chowk in Jafar-e-Tayyar Society six days back.

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The Malir SSP said that the police have arrested two students, both aged 14, in the murder case. The teenagers shot the man dead just to make a video for TikTok, he revealed.

CCTV footage of the bizarre incident shows four youngsters on two motorcycles. Fazil Ali, one of the suspects, fired at Qamar Raza, the police said.

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The murder weapon and a motorcycle have been recovered from the detained teenagers. The weapon has been sent to a lab for a forensic examination, the SSP said.

He said the suspects during investigation provided information about their two on-the-run friends and raids are being conducted to arrest them as well.