2 year old boy seriously ill as 50 sewing needles are found in his body

[lulupop]

This poor little boy 




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Shocking images reveal the cruelty inflicted on a two-year-old boy in Brazil who was taken to hospital with stomach pains.

X-rays revealed 50 needles in his abdomen, neck, thorax and legs.

Police suspect the toddler may have been the victim of a bizarre black magic ritual as the pins were deliberately pushed into his skin.

The director of the hospital where the boy was admitted said, "We're certain the boy didn't swallow the needles of his own accord. If he did, they would be in his gastrointestinal tract."

He added, "I've never seen a case of its kind."

The boy's mother, Marma Souza Santos, denies any knowledge of how the needles got into her son's body, saying that his grandmother cared for him when she was at work.

Although she has also allegedly accused the child's step-father of using the boy in a black magic ritual, claims which he has denied.


None of the metal objects are currently endangering the child's life, although the hospital are treating him for the damaged caused by a needle which has perforated his lung.
While doctors hope that they will be able to remove some of the needles which are close to the skin's surface, the little boy will have to live with many of the pins left inside him owing to the risks involved in attempting to remove them.

Meanwhile, the mystery remains as to what exactly happened to this little boy and why suspicions were not aroused earlier.

Police chief Helder Fernandes Santana said, "It's such a strange situation. We could be looking at attempted murder, a serious assault or some type of revenge attack. We're not ruling anything out at the moment."

Gessivaldo Alves, the boy's father, is focusing his hopes and prayers on his son's recovery, saying, "We have faith in God that he is going to get better."

Now the little boy is safe, it is hoped he will get well soon, but it is hard to imagine who could have committed such extreme abuse to a small child and why.

[AlexaC]

I hope they are not leaving him with ANY of these people! 50 pins?? Either they did it or they should have noticed something! get that kid OUTTA there.

[lulupop]

http://news.aol.co.uk/needles-attack-on-boy-was-revenge/article/20091221032635654603632

A Brazilian man has publicly confessed to pushing dozens of needles into his two-year-old stepson, saying in a jail cell interview that he intended to kill the boy out of spite for his wife and didn't think he would be discovered.
Speaking to Globo television's Fantastico programme from the north-eastern state of Bahia, 30-year-old bricklayer Roberto Carlos Magalhaes described mixing water with wine to dope the child before he and his lover held the boy down and stuck sewing needles into him.
"I did this two or three times a week during one month," Magalhaes said.
The boy was too drunk on the wine mixture to cry while he inserted the needles, he said, but felt the pain after the alcohol wore off.

"It was truly an unbearable suffering," said Magalhaes. "It was to get back at the boy's mother. I thought the needles would work their way through his body and kill the boy. It was a way to kill without anyone discovering."
But the pain led the toddler to complain to his mother, and on December 10 she took him to a hospital where X-rays revealed about 30 needles lodged throughout his body.
The boy underwent a five-hour operation in the city of Salvador on Friday to remove four rusty needles that most threatened his life, near his heart and in his lungs. On Sunday doctors said the child is doing well and it is likely he will undergo two more surgeries, the next one on Wednesday at the earliest, to extract needles up to two inches long from his abdomen and spine.
Along with Magalhaes, police believe his lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, was also seeking revenge on Magalhaes' wife.
The bricklayer told detectives that dos Santos would enter into trances and give him commands to insert the needles, police inspector Helder Fernandes Santana said.
Magalhaes and dos Santos were both arrested, though no charges have yet been filed. They were taken to an undisclosed location for their own protection after a mob threw stones at the police station where they were being held.