Doctors airlift boy with 42 needles stuck in him

[Jazzy]

RIO DE JANEIRO -A 2-year-old boy with more than 40 sewing needles stuck in him is being airlifted to another hospital in northeastern Brazil because two of the needles are close to his heart, an official said Thursday.

A police official, meanwhile, told The Associated Press the boy's stepfather had been arrested, that he had confessed to sticking the needles into the boy with the help of a woman and that authorities were investigating whether black magic was involved.

Surgeons at a hospital in the town of Barreiras in Bahia state decided not to try to remove any needles after discovering that two were very near the boy's heart, said an official at Hospital do Oeste. Like the police official, she spoke on condition of anonymity as she was not authorized to discuss the case.

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[Odie]

a 2 year old?

[abbey]

OMG How awful!

[Jazzy]

Poor little boy!

[Scrat]

I don't know what to say, primitive. South American Indians would sometimes sacrifice their children when necessary in the belief they would be taken care of by the god/gods they were sacrificed too. This was understandable in light of their primitive culture and conditions at the time. Infant mortality was high and it was better than just letting a child die by normal causes. That was in a stone age society though, not this one. Sterilize the parents.

[Jazzy]

*Update* Police: Brazil boy stuck with needles in rituals

BRASILIA, Brazil – The stepfather of a 2-year-old boy claimed he pushed 42 "blessed" sewing needles deep into the toddler because his lover told him to while in a trance, saying it would keep the couple together, according to police.

Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, a 30-year-old bricklayer, told detectives the woman would enter a trance and "command him to stick the needles in the boy's body," police inspector Helder Fernandes Santana told The Associated Press by telephone.

The lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, paid to have the needles measuring up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) blessed by a woman who practiced the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble, and convinced Magalhaes that inserting them into the boy would somehow allow them to be together, Santana said.

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[CARLA]

Just to insane for me to comprehend. Why exactly 2 inches in length? Why so many? Why did the mother final bring him in when he complained of pain, did she not realize that shoving 42 2in needles in her son would cause him some pain.

I suggest shoving a few 2 inch needles in both of them so they can see what it feel like.

[fuzzywuzzy]

The lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, paid to have the needles measuring up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) blessed by a woman who practiced the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble, and convinced Magalhaes that inserting them into the boy would somehow allow them to be together, Santana said.

What an evil, self serving slu't!!!! Hang em' both!!!!

[AussiePam]

Poor little boy!!