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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Social media stunt: 12-year-old boy pours boiling water on sleeping younger brother; prank goes wrong
In a startling incident, a nine-year-old boy was left with severe burns after his 12-year-old brother poured hot water on him while he slept, as part of a social media stunt. According to the Lancaster Township Police Department, the older brother boiled water in a microwave before dousing his younger sibling to perform "Hot Water Challenge" on July 29. The younger brother, who suffered severe burns to his neck and chest, was sent to Lehigh Burn Centre in Allentown for urgent treatment. The Hot Water Challenge is a dangerous social media prank stunt that involves people drinking or pouring scalding water on themselves or someone else. The 12-year-old has been arrested, charged with aggravated assault and slapped with recklessly endangering his brother; meanwhile, the parents are being pressed to monitor their children's online activity. This is not the first time that a child has endangered someone else while performing a sick social media stunt. In past, several teens and children suffered severe injuries, permanent scars due to "Hot Water Challenge." Earlier in 2018, a boy from Indianapolis pulled the same prank on his friend who was sleeping. The 15-year-old boy suffered second-degree burns on his back, chest, and face due to this incident. The boys reportedly saw this stunt on YouTube and wanted to try it. "My skin just fell off my chest, and then I looked in the mirror and I had skin falling off here and on my face," Kyland Clark told WXIN. In 2017, an 8-year-old girl died after she drank boiling water through a straw after a cousin dared her.
New York Post
4 days ago
- New York Post
Pennsylvania boy, 12, charged for scalding 9-year-old sleeping brother with boiling water in disturbing social media prank
A 9-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was severely burned after his older brother poured scalding hot water on him as part of a disturbing social media challenge, police said. The warped 12-year-old was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after boiling water in a microwave and drenching his sleeping sibling with it as part of the 'Hot Water Challenge' on July 29, according to the Lancaster Township Police Department. The dangerous prank, which involves people drinking or dumping seething water on themselves or someone else, left the young boy with severe burns to his neck and chest. Advertisement The 9-year-old was drenched with blistering water as part of the 'Hot Water Challenge.' unknown He was rushed to the Lehigh Burn Center in Allentown for treatment, police said. The troubled culprit was also slapped with recklessly endangering another person. Advertisement The investigation is ongoing, with authorities pressing parents to monitor their children's online activity. The sick stunt has made headlines in recent years, with teens and children suffering gruesome, permanent scars from the blazing hot water. In July 2018, a 15-year-old boy from Indianapolis suffered second-degree burns on his back, chest, and face after a friend pulled the same prank on him while he slept. The boy suffered severe burns to his neck and chest. Advertisement The pair had reportedly looked up the moronic social media craze on YouTube and wanted to try it. 'My skin just fell off my chest, and then I looked in the mirror and I had skin falling off here and, on my face,' Kyland Clark told WXIN at the time. An 8-year-old Florida girl was killed in 2017 when she drank boiling water through a straw after being dared to do so by her cousin.
