Security guard shot dead TikToker for making video on Pak-India match

A security guard in Karachi shot dead a TikToker for filming in Sakhi Hasan Sarena Mobile Market on Tuesday.

According to Express News, the body of TikToker Saad Ahmed was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for an autopsy. The deceased was a father of two children. He was currently unemployed but was trying vlogging for a living.

According to the police, security guard Ahmed Gul was arrested, and his weapon was seized.

As per reports, Gul initially, asked Saad not to shoot the video, but when he continued to do so, the guard shot him at close range. Saad Ahmed died on the spot.

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A shopkeeper in the vicinity told the media that the person who was shot was making a video of the shopkeepers and other people in the market to ask their opinion about the India-Pakistan cricket match on June 9. It is not known what led to the firing, but while talking to the shopkeepers in the market, the TikToker’s behavior was good and they did not see anything offensive.

Saad’s friend in the hospital said, “Saad Ahmed was very friendly and helpful to people. He was doing vlogging due to lack of a job, while he had also applied for jobs in various institutions. He was the only son of the deceased parents and had started TikTok and Vlogging a few months back.”

Footage of the incident also surfaced online in which the security guard can be seen shooting Saad Ahmed.