Wood Workshop Apprentice, 15, Dies After Air Hose Forced Into His Bum For A Joke

A 15-year-old apprentice has died after being tied up and having high-pressure air forced into his bum with a compressor for a workplace ‘joke’.

The incident took place in a wood workshop in Bozova, Sanliurfa, Turkey, on 14th November, with the boy dying in hospital on the morning of 19th November.

Muhammed Kendirci, 15, had been working as an apprentice when he was allegedly overpowered by coworker Habip Aksoy and an unidentified friend, who first tied his hands for what they reportedly claimed was a ‘prank’.

His trousers were then forcibly removed and high-pressure air from a compressor was directed into his bum.

But the ‘prank’ exploded his intestines causing catastrophic injuries and leaving him fighting for his life when emergency services were called to the scene.

He was first taken to Bozova Mehmet Enver Yildirim State Hospital before being transferred to Balikligol State Hospital.

He was later moved again to Harran University Research and Application Hospital, where medics confirmed severe internal organ damage.

He was placed in intensive care and remained under treatment for five days before passing away.

Police opened an investigation and Aksoy was taken into custody.

He was initially released under judicial control but this decision was overturned on appeal.

A warrant for his detention was issued, he was arrested again, and this time he was remanded by the court.

The investigation is ongoing, but the case is not the first time high-pressure air hoses have caused catastrophic – and sometimes fatal – injuries.

In Brazil, 17-year-old car wash worker Wesner Moreira da Silva died in agony in Campo Grande after colleagues blasted a high-pressure air hose up his backside as a “prank”, causing his intestines to explode.

Two men were later jailed for 12 years over his death after judges rejected their claim it had been a joke that went wrong.

Even medical professionals have underestimated the dangers.

In another Brazilian case, two doctors were indicted for manslaughter after using a compressed-air hose through a rubber cannula in a bid to blow a popcorn kernel out of two-year-old Ravi de Souza Figueiredo’s nose.

His lungs and stomach ruptured, he was sent home with medication for “gas”, and he later collapsed and died, with police saying the improvised compressed-air procedure was not in line with standard practice.

Experts have repeatedly warned that compressed air should never be directed at or into the body because of the risk of deadly internal injuries.