A girl died after being shot with her father's rifle after participating in the "Blue Whale" challenge

A 13-year-old boy was found dead in Turkey after shoot himself with his father's rifle. The first signs of the investigators indicated that the young woman had committed suicide participate in viral challenge "the blue whale", a dangerous challenge that is spreading around the world.

The body of the victim, identified as Emine Karadag, was in her room. His relatives confirmed that he had used the family's weapon, which was stored in the house.

The teenager had left in her room many drawings of whales and a list of 25 things to do "before you die". These instructions concerned the famous viral game called "the blue whale", which favors the suicide of the participants.

The uncle of Emine said the family was devastated. "She was lying on her bed, we know that she put a single bullet in her father's gun and pulled the trigger. I was completely influenced by this challengehe added during a dialogue with the local media.

In turn, he stated that no one suspected that the girl was planning to commit suicide. Until they read the notes that he left in his room. "We will defeat these guys, we will kill ourselves, we will go to paradise and we will relive to come back here," he said in one of the notebooks.

The challenge

The game "Blue Whale" was born in Russia, via social networks. Players connect via a virtual platform similar to Facebook and receive the challenges.

The challenge lasts approximately 50 days and the last step is suicide. Watching horror movies or cutting one's arms with a knife is part of the task at hand. In addition, they must send photos to "tutors" to show that they are following the step by step.

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