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Worcester school s warning after TikTok trend leaves pupil, 11, fighting for life
The trend sees youngsters use magnetic balls to pretend they have their tongue pierced
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A Worcester headteacher has issued a warning to students after a dangerous TikTok craze left a pupil needing emergency surgery.
Ellis Tripp, 11, ended up in hospital fighting for his life after swallowing five tiny magnetic balls, which were discovered in his intestines and bowel.
A HEARTBROKEN family are urging parents to dispose of the tiny magnetic balls used as fake tongue piercings in a viral TikTok trend - as their 11-year-old was left fighting for his life after swallowing them. Ellis Tripp remains in a critical condition in hospital after swallowing five tiny magnetic balls which were discovered in his intestines and bowel. The Nunnery Wood High School pupil, who had been poorly for a week, was rushed to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Wednesday when doctors thought he might have been suffering from a burst appendix. But then surgeons made the horrific discovery that the magnetic balls were inside his intestines and bowel - they popped through his bowel and stuck to the operating equipment.