Indian teen shoots himself in head taking selfie with gun

DELHI. KAZINFORM - The 15-year-old is being handled in health facility at Pathankot in Punjab state and is predicted to live to tell the tale, stated the town's deputy police superintendent, Manoj Kumar.

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The twist of fate came about on Friday night when the schoolboy used to be enjoying at house with the authorized revolver which is typically stored in a cloth wardrobe, Kumar informed AFP.

"The boy's father and circle of relatives stated that he used to be looking to take a selfie with his gun," he stated.

"We will be able to talk to the boy when he's declared medically have compatibility. We expect that a part of the blame clearly is going to the daddy for now not protecting his loaded gun underneath lock and key at their house."

A youngster used to be run over and killed in the southern Indian town of Chennai in February as he attempted to take a selfie in entrance of an oncoming teach.

In January police in the western town of Mumbai moved to crack down on bad selfies after a person drowned looking to save a woman who fell into the ocean whilst snapping one.

Police known 16 bad selfie spots in Mumbai and requested the native council to erect caution indicators and deploy lifeguards.

A person used to be critically injured in April via an elephant when he attempted to snap a selfie with the chained animal at a pageant in Kerala, consistent with the Hindustan Occasions on Sunday.