A 9-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was severely burned after his older brother poured scalding scorching water on him as a part of a disturbing social media problem, police stated.
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 a part of the “Scorching Water Problem” on July 29, in accordance with the Lancaster Township Police Division.
The damaging prank, which entails folks ingesting or dumping seething water on themselves or another person, left the younger boy with extreme burns to his neck and chest.
He was rushed to the Lehigh Burn Heart in Allentown for remedy, police stated.
The troubled wrongdoer was additionally slapped with recklessly endangering one other individual.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities urgent dad and mom to observe their kids’s on-line exercise.
The sick stunt has made headlines lately, with teenagers and youngsters struggling grotesque, everlasting scars from the blazing scorching water.
In July 2018, a 15-year-old boy from Indianapolis suffered second-degree burns on his again, chest, and face after a pal pulled the identical prank on him whereas he slept.
The pair had reportedly regarded up the moronic social media craze on YouTube and needed to attempt it.
“My pores and skin simply fell off my chest, after which I regarded within the mirror and I had pores and skin falling off right here and, on my face,” Kyland Clark informed WXIN on the time.
An 8-year-old Florida woman was killed in 2017 when she drank boiling water by a straw after being dared to take action by her cousin.
