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1. Electrocution. In Rijeka, two men climbed onto a container on a train where they wanted to take a selfie. A 20-year-old was killed and his 19-year-old friend was in serious condition, with second and third degree burns on more than 70 percent of his body as a result of an electric shock of 25,000 volts.
Incidents of selfie-related deaths have spiked with the proliferation of smartphones to capture the perfect snapshot for social media posts. Reports of tragic deaths, especially those involving ...
Human beings in the year 2016 enjoy taking photographs of themselves -- but what happens when selfie-snapping crosses the line from nuisance to dangerous?
Non-fatal injuries and non-selfie type of photography-related deaths were excluded from the study. From 2014 to mid-2016, 75 people have died while attempting selfie in 52 incidents worldwide. Mean age of the victims was 23.3 and 82% were male. India is the most affected country and Russia and US being second.
Bibaa Henry (born 1974) and Nicole Smallman (born 1992) were two sisters who were murdered in London, England in 2020. They were stabbed to death by Danyal Hussein in Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury, on 6 June 2020. [ 1][ 2] The reporting and investigation of their killings provoked widespread discussion of women's safety, police misconduct and ...
His death raises the grand total to 12 selfie deaths just in this past year. Compare that to the eight deaths by shark attack in 2015 and you have a 21st-century problem on your hands.
A man who allegedly posed for a selfie wearing the glasses of one of his murder victims is being held on $1 million bail. Travis Lamar Birkley, 34, has been charged with six counts of felony ...
A U.S. Army soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. On April 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times released photos of U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead insurgents, [1] [2] after a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division gave the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to "a breakdown in security, discipline and professionalism" [3 ...