TikToker dies as pistol goes off while shooting video

SWAT: A young TikToker died when his pistol went off while filming a video in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported on Friday.

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 uniquely making videos took another life.

The deceased was identified as Abu Bakar, 26, a resident of Saidu Sharif, Shaheen Abad area of Swat.

According to the reports, Abu Bakar accidentally shot himself while shooting a video for the popular social media video-sharing platform TikTok.

The police reached the spot, as soon as the incident was reported, shifting the body of the young man to Central Hospital Saidu Sharif.

The police have launched an investigation into the incident, collecting evidence and registering an FIR.

Notably, this is not an isolated case as in a similar incident in 2021, a teenage boy had died while filming a video for TikTok.

The tragic incident also took place in Swat where a teenage boy was died while making a video for TikTok.

The boy allegedly fired at himself with a real pistol, killing himself on the spot.

Earlier, in another incident of a youngster losing his life during a TikTok video, a man drowned after he fell into a dam while filming a video for the video-sharing app.

A youngster drowned after he fell into Lakhwal Dam in Chakwal as he was filming a video. The victim is being identified as Mudassir and died after he lost his control while filming a TikTok video and slipped into the dam.