A 15-year-old apprentice in Turkey died after co-workers allegedly restrained him in a carpentry workshop and inserted a high-pressure air hose into his body during what they called a “prank.”
The incident occurred on November 14 in Şanlıurfa province, where the boy, identified as Muhammed Kendirci, was working at a wood-shop training program. Two other apprentices allegedly tied his hands and forced the hose into his rectum, causing catastrophic internal injuries. He was hospitalized and died five days later.
One suspect was initially released on probation and later rearrested; the second remains under investigation. Local officials opened a criminal case, examining the act as both assault and workplace homicide.
The tragedy is the latest in a series of fatal workplace incidents involving the misuse of industrial compressed-air equipment in so-called pranks, raising urgent questions about safety protocols and peer abuse in vocational training settings.