Student in India dies after accidentally shooting self while posing with gun for TikTok video

The victim accidentally shot himself while posing with a gun for a TikTok video. — AFP

An 18-year-old student in India has died after he accidentally shot himself while posing with a loaded gun for a TikTok video.

Telangana Today reported that the victim, identified as Keshav Kumar, was shooting a TikTok video where he pretended to be a soldier with a gun as a weapon. Somehow, the gun went off and Keshav was shot on the right side of his head. Doctors declared him dead at a hospital in Bareilly.