Disturbing trend of dangerous pranks for YouTube can even cause death!
- How a prank can go wrong for the prankster can be seen in this true story of a Pakistani YouTuber who was shot and killed during the filming of a prank.
Pakistani YouTuber Rana Zuhair and his death
YouTuber Rana Zuhair from Pakistan has a channel called Lahori Vines You channel. He dies pranks and shoots them to upload on his channel. During one such prank, he had covered himself with a white sheet and was trying to scare a family.
The unsuspecting family was in a park near Lytton Road, Lahore and when Rana was running after them with his face covered, one of the family fired at him. Rana died on the spot. There are no details available about him or his family.
Police and their arrest
The YouTube channel Lahori Vines has two other members called Hasnat Ali and Abdul Saboor. The police suspect that they might be behind the killing and have arrested them.
About YouTube channel Lahori Vines
The channel Lahori Vines was launched in November 2018 by three youngsters, Hasnat Ali, Abdul Saboor, and Rana Zuhair. They had promised to entertain their viewers through their talent and fun. Their subscribers on this channel numbered 3200.
The people and their reactions
People are concerned about this rising trend of dangerous pranks by YouTubers. One person tweeted:
“This is so sad! But really youtubers needs to learn something out of this not everyone is ready for jokes like this not eveyone is strong like that!”
People are unhappy about the possession of guns and also this rising trend of pranks by YouTubers. They have been questioning it and feel that guns should be banned.
Another example of a prank gone wrong in Minnesota
There is another case of a similar killing of a young boy, 22 by his girlfriend, 20 from Halstead, Minnesota. The couple, Pedro Ruiz and Monalisa Perez had a YouTube vlogs channel and were filming for it.
They used to upload videos of their pranks, amateur stunts, and certain challenges. The boy was holding a book up. The young YouTuber taught that the book would prevent the bullet from
reaching Pedro’s body and Monalisa shot at the book with a 50-caliber Desert Eagle firearm. The bullet passed through the book, pierced the boy’s, and killed him in the process. She was charged with second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 180 days in prison.
Attorney James Brue from Norman County said:
“this foolish stunt was dreamed up, planned, and executed by Pedro Ruiz, and the defendant wrongfully and tragically relied on his assurances that the stunt was safe,”
The couple had one child together and Monalisa was pregnant again.
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