Pakistani TikTok star Sana Yousaf was shot to de@th at her home in Islamabad on Monday, June 2, just hours after she shared a video that showed her celebrating her 17th birthday.
The video showed 17-year-old Sana Yousaf cutting a cake, meeting friends and eating at a restaurant. She was seen dressed in a brown skirt and shirt, laughing and smiling.
While she celebrated her birthday, a 22-year-old man plotted her murd£r. He spent hours loitering outside her home in the lead up to her de@th, police said.
“It was a case of repeated rejections. The boy was trying to reach out to her time and again,” Islamabad police chief, Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi said.
Sana had celebrated her birthday on May 29. She posted the video of the celebration on TikTok and Instagram mere hours before her tragic de@th.
The comments section of the post has now been flooded with shocked comments from grieving fans of the influencer, who had more than a million followers across platforms.
Islamabad Police said that Sana Yousaf was shot at her home in front of her mother on June 2. The murd£r sent shockwaves through the country.
Umar Hayat, a 22-year-old man, was arrested for shooting the Pakistani TikTok star. Hayat was traced to Faisalabad, located more than 300 km away from Islamabad.
Her “gruesome and cold-blooded” murder was driven by rejection and obsession, police said.
In a press conference on May 3, Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi said that Umar Hayat, 22, had tried to contact Sana repeatedly after being rejected. He wanted to befriend the TikTok star and had even reached her birthday party on May 29.
Umar “tried to meet her for seven to eight hours but failed.”
On the day of the murd£r, he again tried to meet Sana. This time, too, he waited for seven to eight hours to meet her in vain.
After being rejected several times, Umar entered the house by force and shot Sana.
Fellow influences have gone online to mourn Sana.
Influencer Waliya Najib wrote: “This doesn’t feel real. You were glowing, just being 17. I’m so sorry this world didn’t protect you. Rest in peace, sweetheart.”
UK-based content creator Kashaf Ali wrote: “This is so awful. A literal 17 year old with so much innocence, killed for what?”
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