Blue Whale 'game' horror as girl, 15, is rushed to hospital with injuries in Spain
THE BLUE Whale 'suicide game' has arrived in Europe with cases of teenagers attempting to take their own lives have begun to emerge.
Teenagers have been playing the Blue Whale Challenge and committing suicide
Schoolgirls who have been brainwashed by the sick internet ‘game’ have been taking their own lives in Russia.
Police in the UK warned the so-called game could be on its way across Europe and to Britain, and have asked parents to be vigilant.
Forces in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire have urged parents to monitor their child's social media, while an Essex school sent out a warning over Blue Whale.
Now, a case has been confirmed in Spain.
Young people are persuaded to carry out tasks by Blue Whale challengers
A 15-year-old was saved from killing herself when her family noticed she was playing the sickening tasks.
The Spanish girl is now being assessed in a psychiatric unit in Barcelona after her family alerted police.
Authorities have established the girl was contacted online and told to take part in Blue Whale, after she was asked if she would take her own life.
SER, a Spanish radio station, said she agreed to do everything she was asked and send photographs as proof.
The evil internet bullies even instructed her to delete all traces of their conversations.
The girl eventually told a family member.
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Whoever created this horrible game is sick. Parents: Please be aware of this 'game'
Police are currently investigating as many as 130 suicides across Russia which are believed to be linked the Blue Whale.
Yulia Konstantinova, 15, and Veronika Volkova, 16, both died in industrial Ust-Ilimsk after taking part in Blue Whale.
Miss Konstantinova left the final chilling post 'End' on her social media page, while miss Volkova wrote: “Sense is lost…End”.
Police and schools have begun to warn parents to be on the lookout for a change in their children’s behaviour.
Last month Devon and Cornwall Police PSCO Kirsty Down posted on Twitter: “Whoever created this horrible game is sick. Parents: Please be aware of this 'game'.
“Talk to your children about it if concerned.”
In Essex, headteacher of Woodlands School in Basildon David Wright warned parents about Blue Whale.
A letter said: “We have discovered a game through the police which we feel you should be aware of.
“It is called the Blue Whale Game and is played via many many social media platforms.
“Players are given a master who controls them for 50 days and each day they are given a task to complete.
“On the 50th day the masters behind the game instruct the young people to commit suicide and sadly across the world some have done this.”
Teenagers taking their own lives after playing Blue Whale Challenge
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