'Founder' of twisted suicide group arrested for murder after ‘brained girl, 14, and boy, 16, jump in front of trains’
THE alleged founder of a suicide group has been charged with murder after two teenagers jumped in front of trains.
The unnamed man, 19, was held teenage girl and boy died in separate incidents three days apart at the same railway station in Russia.
As many as 50 children have been contacted by the FSB secret service and state investigators amid fears the suspect was seeking to coax young people to take their own lives.
The man, from Yessentuki in Stavropol region, is accused of running so-called Blue Whale groups on social media in which participants are lured into sinister and dangerous “games”.
“The detainee created a number of groups in a messenger, where participants passed various tasks, causing them to fall into a psychological trap where parents, family, and friends were criticised,” said a statement from the Russian Investigative Committee.
“Depression, violence to others, and dangerous ways out of difficult life situations were promoted.”
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The man is accused of being behind the deaths in Lipetsk region of schoolgirl Maria, 14, on 11 June and Alexander, 16, three days later.
Both were hit by express trains at Dolgorukovo railway station.
Alexander had been riding his motorbike when he was killed.
Before she died, the girl – in tears and wearing a mask – had recorded a video in which she said she was a member of a Blue Whale death group with 524 members.
“I have run out of time,” Maria said in the video, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper citing law enforcement sources.
“A new wave is starting, there will be many victims.”
She said: “Please spread this information to stop this.
“I played. There are 524 of us.”
'RUN OUT OF TIME'
The committee – which probes serious crimes in Russia – said: “The organiser of these groups was exposed as soon as possible.
“He has already been charged.”
A video issued by law enforcement shows the man being interrogated.
An investigative “task force” has questioned “more than 50 teenagers who were in the destructive groups and a wide range of witnesses”.
Searches have been conducted in ten regions of Russia.
The criminal investigation continues.
Several years ago a number of deaths of teenagers in Russia and other countries were attributed to notorious Blue Whale or similar online “games”.
Children are reported to be “brainwashed” by sick “mentors” to complete 50 steps – involving exhaustion and self harm – which culminates in suicide.
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