A man has been placed under
investigation in Milan as part of several cases opened in recent
weeks to look into an online suicide game gaining popularity
called Blue Whale.
Participants are asked to carve the whale "onto your body,
and while watching horror movies", and the game demands players
complete 50 tasks in 50 days, with the "last task to commit
suicide".
The online game that targets teenagers and young children is
triggering panic among parents and authorities worldwide after
apparently inciting several suicides in Russia.
A 20-year-old Milan resident has been placed under
investigation for incitement to suicide after an inquiry by the
postal police coordinated by prosecutor Cristian Barilli.
He allegedly convinced a 12-year-old girl, who lives between
Rome and northern Italy, via Instagram to cut herself in several
paces and send him the photos.
The investigation only recently began with the seizure of the
alleged perpetrator's laptop and telephone and the victim's
telephone.
Technical assessments will in the next few days ascertain
whether the messages were actually sent by the 20-year-old.
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