Teenager “accidentally” shoots himself while playing PUBG

LAHORE: An 18-year-old boy shot himself dead accidentally while playing the popular mobile game PUBG in Lahore on Thursday evening.

According to local police, Yahya Khurshid, a resident of Nawab Town area of Lahore, had a passion for playing PUBG, a widely popular online game. The preliminary investigation suggests that Yahya took his father’s pistol to his room last night. While engrossed in the game, the gun reportedly went off accidentally, resulting in a fatal shot.

Police officials have gathered evidence from the scene and are thoroughly investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. They are examining every aspect to determine how the accident occurred and if any external factors were involved.

Yahya Khurshid’s body has been transferred to Jinnah Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination to establish the exact cause of death.

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The findings from the autopsy will aid the ongoing investigation.

This is the sixth such crime related to the online game in Lahore. When the first case surfaced in 2020, the then capital city police officer Zulfiqar Hameed had recommended a ban on the game to save lives, time and the future of millions of teenagers.

Three young players of the game have died by suicide in the last two years and the police in its reports declared PubG as the reason behind the deaths.