Pakistani man killed during TikTok stunt on train track

Men use their mobile phones as they walk alongside a railway track in Rawalpindi on Jan 23, 2021. Hamza Naveed, 18, was walking next to the tracks while a friend filmed him, spokesperson for the local rescue agency, said. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday.

The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city, near the capital Islamabad.