The police warn on Facebook about the ‘fainting challenge’, a trend on social media in which young people deliberately try to pass out. This can have life-threatening consequences, as evidenced by an incident that recently took place in Wassenaar. A boy had to be taken to hospital.
During the fainting challenge, young people give each other tips to faint, the Wassenaar police base team reports on Facebook. According to the police, the failed attempt in Wassenaar made a big impression on the young people who were present. Hospitalization proved necessary.
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It is not known whether the fainting challenge goes wrong more often in the The Hague region. A police spokesperson does take into account that more young people in the region are taking the challenge. “It’s a trend on TikTok, it’s coming back there. It is striking that it also occurs in a small region such as Wassenaar. There, a boy was actually transported to the hospital, so the base team wanted to pay more attention to it.”
The people who end up in hospital because of the challenge are often minors, according to the spokesperson. ,,That is a problem. We appeal to everyone’s mind not to do this, it is very dangerous.”
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