A Man Shot And Murdered This 17-Year-Old Pakistani TikToker Just Because She Rejected Him

A man shot and murdered this 17-year-old Pakistani TikToker just because she rejected him.

Sana Yousaf, who had 800,000 followers on TikTok and almost half a million followers on Instagram, was shot twice in the chest in her home in Islamabad by a 22-year-old man on Monday, June 2.

She died before medical help could arrive.

Police said the man had killed Yousaf because she didn’t reply to his repeated attempts to “become friends” with her.

The man had reportedly traveled to Islamabad to wish Yousaf happy birthday, but after being unable to meet her, he forcibly entered her house and shot her in front of her mother and aunt.

On Tuesday, June 3, police arrested the suspect, who confessed to the murder, according to local outlet Dawn.

The murder of Yousaf, who posted about her everyday life and videos of her lip syncing and traveling, sparked widespread outrage, with people calling out the country’s systematic failure to protect girls and women.

Thousands of women are killed each year due to gender-based violence in Pakistan, but conviction rates remain extremely low at close to just 2%.

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