Boy kills girl using father's gun live on Facebook

A 12-year-old boy has been reported to have killed a girl of his age using a shotgun while they were filming for live Facebook streaming in what police termed as an accident.

The Argentine boy is said to have been with other children who captured him on the video they were airing on the social site as he accidentally pulled a trigger on the girl with the shotgun belonging to his father.

The Tuesday incident occurred taking the live of a girl identified locally as Georgina Magali Vega and police are probing the killing that is not the first one to have been aired on the site.

Media reports have confirmed that the investigations will be treated as an accidental killing.

In April, a Thailand man committed suicide after he filmed himself killing her 11-month-old daughter.

The Facebook live streaming service in most cases notifies users when their friends or pages they follow air live content and has been a key feature on the site.