Police have blasted a viral game sweeping across social media amid fears it could kill children who practice it. Warnings about the craze, dubbed Rompcráneos in Spanish which means ‘Skullbreaker’ in English, have reached Europe after school kids in South America filmed themselves in action.
The game, which is said to have gone viral after being shared on app TikTok, involves two youngsters knocking a third off balance while they jump in the air.
Footage taken at a school in Venezuela showed one boy crashing to the ground after the two either side of him kick his feet away from as they leap off the ground.
Initial reports, which were not confirmed by the school involved, pointed to him ending up in intensive care.
Other kids have been filmed risking their lives by taking part in the stunt, and police in Spain have now started warning about the game after the videos crossed the Atlantic.
Local police in the southern Spanish city of Granada said in a tweet along a picture which was later taken down: “This game is doing the rounds in some schools.
“We would like to warn our followers so they share this message with the aim of avoiding such dangerous practices, that can cause serious injuries to children.
The school where a video showing a youngster crashing to the ground and smashing the back of his head on concrete has been identified as Santo Tomas Aquino in Venezuela.
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