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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Kieren Williams, News Reporter & Clare McCarthy

'My 13-year-old daughter died after watching chilling self-harm TikTok videos'

A beloved 13-year-old teenage girl tragically died in ‘an act of self-harm gone wrong’ after she watched “chilling” TikTok videos.

Maia Walsh was described as a “beautiful” and “intelligent” young girl but died under heartbreaking circumstances just short of her 14th birthday.

Maia’s dad Liam, 48, from Basildon, Essex, said he believes she died in an act of self-harm that went wrong, but had been “influenced” by videos she was watching on social media giant TikTok.

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