He had received a WhatsApp message with the link to the challenge attached, after first being bullied at school.
One 12 year old girl, Soto, from Argentina died on January 13 after attempting to carry out the fatal ‘drowning challenge’ of TikTok.
The girl was found dead in her home after doing the ‘drowning challenge’ – one of the many fatal fads circulating on TikTok. The little girl was hanged from a makeshift noose, local newspaper El Litoral reported.
Also known as the ‘blackout challenge’, this dangerous ‘trick’ encourages online influencers to suffocate until they pass out. Experts have warned that this can lead to fainting, brain damage, seizures and worse.
Soto is not the first child to perish from this ‘death challenge’. Over the summer, several UK children, including 14-year-old Leron Brown and 12-year-old Archie Battersby, reportedly died for the same reason.
Soto had attempted the challenge twice successfully, but on the third try she was unable to remove the noose from her neck. “The third time, she couldn’t get the rope off her neck,” her aunt, Luke, said of the fatal incident, which was reportedly caught on camera.
Soto’s motive for attempting the deadly challenge is still unclear, however, her aunt claimed the student had received a WhatsApp message with the link to the challenge attached, after first accepting bullying to school.
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