The elucidation of the circumstances under which the 14-year-old Makis from Sepolia ended up committing suicide has been taken over by the Electronic Crime Investigation Department of the ELAS.
This event heralds the confirmation that the suicide is internet related, as had been reported from the beginning. The critical element is the operation of the camera: It will soon become clear whether the student committed suicide in a live broadcast, in front of his mobile phone.
If this did happen, then theELAS will search for the viewers or "teammates" possibly, since one version to explain the tragic case involves the game "Blackout Challenge". Which is nothing more than a suicidally dangerous - and equally foolish - display of daring, by deliberately causing a break in the oxygenation of the brain.
The case of the 14-year-old suicide brings back to the forefront the self-destructive competitions in which any child with a smartphone-type device can participate. In this sense, the Blackout Challenge is added as a sequel to "Blue Whale" and a series of similar challenges in which children are easily lured by the prospect of competing with others in terms of fearlessness.
About 6 years ago, the "Blue Whale" was treated as a horrendous social media plague. Game administrators would assign their victims to various "missions", which included severe self-harm, self-mutilation and ultimately attempted suicide. Compared to Blue Whale, Blackout Challenge is more insidious in that at first glance it is much more like a game, as anyone can try to hold their breath for a little longer. But this is exactly why the Blackout Challenge is even more terrifyingly dangerous, especially for anyone who is not aware of the consequences of oxygen deprivation.
Of course, until the conclusion of the relevant investigation conducted at the ELAS laboratories is made public, the contribution of the Blackout Challenge to Makis' suicide will be considered unconfirmed. In any case, the role of the child's online activities is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Another is the bullying he suffered, in the school environment, but also more broadly.
The parents and the brother of the suicide victim have already testified to the Security Department of Agios Panteleimonas, while the media are reproducing testimonies of Maki's classmates and friends. According to them, it seems that the child had recently been the target of bullying by gangs of minors. For which, however, as usually happens in similar cases, the fear of revenge imposes silence and concealment of crucial details.
Therefore, the question surrounding the suicide of 14-year-old Makis concerns whether and how bullying is combined or linked to an online game of self-destruction. At present only speculation can be made about the sequence of events that led to the sad end. Was Makis pushed by others to go beyond the limits of human endurance and cause suffocation to himself? What exactly was his mental state? How desperate was he? Was he aware of what could happen and that he was going down a road of no return? The answers are expected from ELAS in the coming days.
Source: protothema.gr
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