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[Date]: 4 February 2015
[Country]: India
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Transport
[Description]: An Israeli man traveling on a train from Mumbai to Goa in India was attempting to take a selfie and fell out of the moving train, resulting in his death.
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[Date]: 17 July 2016
[Country]: India
[Casualties]: 2
[Type]: Drowned
[Description]: A married couple ages 40 and 42, from Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu, were swept away by a "giant wave" in Kanyakumari, India, while they were taking a selfie.
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[Date]: 12 March 2016
[Country]: Hong Kong, China
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Fall
[Description]: A 30-year-old man fell off Lion Rock in Hong Kong while taking a selfie and died.
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[Date]: 31 December 2017
[Country]: Australia
[Casualties]: 6
[Type]: Transport
[Description]: A 44-year-old pilot was supposedly elbowed in the head by a passenger taking selfies aboard his flight, causing the plane to lose control and crash. He was killed in the crash along with all of the plane's passengers: A 58-year-old male and his fiancée, 48, his sons, 23 and 25, and her daughter, 11.
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[Date]: 9 October 2016
[Country]: Sri Lanka
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Transport
[Description]: A Chinese woman visiting Sri Lanka fell from a moving train while taking a selfie. She later died from her injuries.
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[Date]: 16 July 2017
[Country]: India
[Casualties]: 48
[Type]: Fire
[Description]: 48 people were injured when standing too close to a burning bakery in Chennai, India, to take selfies. They repeatedly ignored warnings advising them to move away from the blaze.
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