PARENTS BE WARNED.... MAN BEHIND THE 'BLUE WHALE' SUICIDE CHALLENGE ARRESTED BUT SHOCKS THE WORLD AS HE REVEALS THE EVIL REASON WHY HE CREATED THE GAME THAT HAS LED TO THE DEATH OF SEVERAL TEENAGERS
The online social media game reportedly targets at-risk participants, taking them through a series of challenges over 50 days that culminate in suicide.
The challenges include waking up at 4am every day, watching violent videos, and self-harming.
Russian police have linked it to dozens of youth suicides and have reportedly jailed the game's creator, 21-year-old Philipp Budeikin.
Budeikin confessed to his crimes but is not repentant, telling Russian police his victims were "biological waster" that were "happy to die" and that he was "cleansing society," according to Metro.
"There are people – and there is biological waste. Those who do not represent any value for society. Who cause or will cause only harm to society. I was cleaning our society of such people," Budeikin said from his prison cell.
"They were dying happy. I was giving them what they didn't have in real life: warmth, understanding, connections."
He is being held at Kresty jail in Saint Petersburg and receiving dozens of love letters from teenage girls - something Russian officials say they are powerless to prevent.
"Philipp and his aides at first attracted children into VK [chat] groups by using mega-scary videos," Russian investigator Anton Breido told local media.
"Their task was to attract as many children as possible, then....
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