US EditionPakistani father kills daughter over TikTok account: Police
RAWALPINDI DISTRICT, PUNJAB PROVINCE, PAKISTAN, JUL 11 – Authorities arrested a father in Rawalpindi for fatally shooting his 16-year-old daughter after she refused to delete her TikTok account, highlighting ongoing honour-based violence in Pakistan.
- On July 8 in Rawalpindi, a father fatally shot his 16-year-old daughter after she declined to remove her TikTok profile, according to police.
- The killing occurred under the pretext of 'honour' amid ongoing tensions over women’s online presence in Pakistan and past similar cases.
- Authorities in Rawalpindi arrested the father after investigators discovered that the family had first attempted to disguise the killing as a suicide.
- The 2025 Mobile Gender Gap Report shows only 30% of women in Pakistan own smartphones versus 58% of men, while TikTok faces repeated bans for alleged immoral content.
- This event highlights gender inequality in digital access and growing violence linked to women's online activity, particularly on platforms like TikTok.
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He was arrested shortly after the act.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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In Pakistan, a man shot his teenage daughter (16) because she didn't want to delete her account on the TikTok video platform. At first, the family tried to portray the murder as suicide, the police in the town of Rawalpindi reported – but in vain. "The girl's father had asked to delete his TikTok account. When she refused, he killed her, said a police spokesman on Friday. Investigators assume that the father wanted to commit a "honorous murder" …
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