Pakistani police on Tuesday said a 17-year-old TikTok star was shot dead by a man who had repeatedly contacted her online.

Sana Yousaf, who turned 17 last week and had more than a million followers across her social media accounts, was killed at her home in the capital Islamabad Monday evening.

Police have arrested a 22-year-old on suspicion of her murder. They say he spent hours loitering outside her home.

"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 during a news conference.

"It was a gruesome and cold-blooded murder," Rizvi added.

Yousaf had more than 800,000 followers on TikTok, which is wildly popular in Pakistan. She posted lip-sync videos, skincare tips and promotional content for

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