Indian teenager shot dead posing for TikTok video


FILE PHOTO: The logo of TikTok application is seen on a mobile phone screen in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration/File Photo

NEW DELHI: An Indian teenager was shot dead by a relative as they posed with a homemade gun to record a clip for the TikTok video sharing app, police said June 13. 

The 17-year-old man and four of his family members – including an 11-year-old cousin – were in a hotel room in western Maharashtra state when one of them accidentally pulled the trigger, police said. 

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