translated from Spanish: What is the “ABC del Diablo”, another fearsome viral game

the deep power of viralization, which have social networks does not always work for good: here come those awesome games like the Momo, or the blue whale, and now, of the “alphabet of the devil”. Also known as “ABC Chinese”, it is a viral game that emerged in Spain in 2017 and days ago had a resurgence in a secondary school in Lugones, practical Asturias.Esta is sometimes considered a sort of “initiation ritual” and those children who they pass through, “earn” the right to be part of the group. However, to carry it out are not required more than two people: one who recites the alphabet from A to Z and will be pronouncing a Word with each of the letters, and another that the nail or even puncture is recording him each letter in hand , each time with more force.
The case drew the attention of the authorities of the Institute of secondary education (IES) Astures, once around 40 students to submit the same injury: “begin to see suspiciously that some children came with wounds in the hands. A case could be fortuitous, but when we saw that he began to extend it was when we decided to take a few students so that they tell us what those marks were and when explained us what was that game”, said director Mario Prendes, according to appointment the DiarioVasco.com.De agreement to Prendes, students would have confessed to him that “the practice had been fashion about 10 days earlier by some videos that were downloaded from YouTube and social networks”. Alerts managers definitely lit up when they detected that “in some countries, the wound was consideration” so a talk was provided to children to explain the seriousness of what was happening. In addition, noted that “some of the children were deceived” and forced to participate: “As students are small took the impact”. So far, does not have any similar case in Argentina, never it is more alert.

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