Five Czech kids in hospital over TikTok ‘piercing challenge’


The children placed sphere-shaped magnets at the tip of their tongues to imitate piercing and then swallowed them by accident, the Prague-Motol hospital said in a statement. — Reuters

PRAGUE: A Prague hospital said Oct 4 it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a "piercing challenge" they had found on TikTok.

The children placed sphere-shaped magnets at the tip of their tongues to imitate piercing and then swallowed them by accident, the Prague-Motol hospital said in a statement.

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