Five Czech kids in hospital over TikTok 'piercing challenge'

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 05, 2024 4:23 pm

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A Prague hospital said Friday 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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