A 15-year-old schoolgirl in Alexandria attempted to commit suicide with a toxic substance to fulfil a challenge of the deadly ‘Blue Whale’ video game. The student’s incidents is not the first of its kind in Egypt, as the son of former MP Hamdy al-Fakhrany was found hung at his home on April 2, a suicide which had been linked to the deadly Blue Whale game. In January, a 32-year-old mentally-ill man killed his father to fulfil one of the challenges of the game. The game starts with simple tasks in the beginning, and then gradually it asks the user to self-harm. Budeikin was arrested in 2017, accused of inciting at least 16 schoolgirls to commit suicide by taking part in the game.

Source: Egypt Independent April 09, 2018 12:11 UTC