Khaled’s incidents is not the first of its kind in Egypt: in January, a 32-year-old mentally ill man killed his father to fulfil one of the challenges of the game. Budeikin was arrested in 2017 accused of inciting at least 16 schoolgirls to commit suicide by taking part in the game. Egyptian investigators attributed the suicide to a physiological disorder because he was frustrated over his father’s arrest. The Dar Al-Iftaa representative explained that the game gives the player several choices in how to commit suicide, either by hanging, stabbing with a knife, or jumping from a window. “The game threatens the player with exposure of personal secrets if they do not follow the requests of the game, ” explained the Dar Al-Iftaa video.

Source: Egypt Independent April 07, 2018 15:00 UTC