School challenge escalates: Two children with serious injuries in the hospital!

School challenge escalates: Two children with serious injuries in the hospital!

In Carinthia, worrying incidents are increasing around the so-called Superman Challenge, which is currently reaching Tikok virality. Last week, an eleven-year-old and a 14-year-old student were brought to the Klagenfurt Clinic, both with heavy hand and crossbreaks. The 14-year-old had to be operated on after smashing his wrist-a total of six screws and a metal plate were used. The doctors predict a healing course of about a year, as Primarius Johannes Schalamon and senior physician Christoph Arneitz report, who treated the cases, such as oe24.at reported.

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The dangerous challenge stipulates that two children are opposed, crossing their arms and a third child in the typical Superman pose jumps in the hope of being “held” by the two. However, this supposedly harmless action can have fatal consequences, as the current cases show. Both accidents occurred at school while the whole class participated and the jumps filmed. The child surgeons also warn and appeal to teachers to be vigilant: "Please only lead such challenges under controlled conditions, such as in physical education!" This is particularly important, as there is often a meeting point for the entire class during breaks to carry out these dangerous stunts, such as .