17-year-old Russian girl arrested for masterminding Blue Whale challenge

September 01, 2017 00:12

A 17-year-old Russian girl, an alleged administrator of the deadly Blue Whale suicide challenge, was arrested from the Khabarovsk Krai region in south-east Russia, reports said.

The girl was responsible for creating the 50 challenges which instructed and forced 'players' in the game to inflict self-harm, eventually culminating in suicide.

A report quoted Colonel Irina Volk from the Russian interior ministry as saying, "This administrator was sending particular tasks --often life-threatening -- to each of several dozen members of the group. In contrast to similar groups, teenagers in this group were blackmailed with death threats against them or their relatives for not completing the tasks."

The Blue Whale Challenge is a 50-day fatal game which demands that players complete tasks given by an anonymous "handler". The "handler" instructs the players to cause self-harm, leading up to suicide. Some of the tasks include waking up at odd hours to watch a horror movie to carving a blue whale on one's body.

The deadly game is believed to have led to nearly 100 deaths in the US, China and other countries.

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